A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?

The rheumatoid polyarthritis is the most frequent chronic polyarthritis. It affects essentially the woman between 40 and 60 years. Rheumatic subcutaneous nodules and tenosynovitis are usually associated with seropositive symptomatic rheumatoid polyarthritis. It is, however, rare that they constitute...

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Main Authors: Fatma Ben Fredj Ismail, Amel Rezgui, Monia Karmani, Olfa Ben Abdallah, Samira Azzebi, Chedia Laouani Kechrid
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/983985
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Samira Azzebi
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description The rheumatoid polyarthritis is the most frequent chronic polyarthritis. It affects essentially the woman between 40 and 60 years. Rheumatic subcutaneous nodules and tenosynovitis are usually associated with seropositive symptomatic rheumatoid polyarthritis. It is, however, rare that they constitute the essential clinical expression of the disease. In this case, it makes dispute another exceptional form of rheumatoid arthritis such as rheumatoid nodulosis. A 60-year-old woman was hospitalized for tumefaction of the dorsal face of the right hand evolving two months before. The clinical examination found subcutaneous nodules from which the exploration ended in rheumatoid nodules with tenosynovitis. The evolution after four years was favourable under corticosteroid therapy, methotrexate, and colchicine.
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spelling doaj-art-e759e65b333c4c329ad2c132562aa23e2025-08-20T02:21:10ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/983985983985A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?Fatma Ben Fredj Ismail0Amel Rezgui1Monia Karmani2Olfa Ben Abdallah3Samira Azzebi4Chedia Laouani Kechrid5Research Unit for Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul Hospital, 01/UR/08-12, 4054 Sousse, TunisiaResearch Unit for Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul Hospital, 01/UR/08-12, 4054 Sousse, TunisiaResearch Unit for Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul Hospital, 01/UR/08-12, 4054 Sousse, TunisiaResearch Unit for Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul Hospital, 01/UR/08-12, 4054 Sousse, TunisiaResearch Unit for Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul Hospital, 01/UR/08-12, 4054 Sousse, TunisiaResearch Unit for Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahloul Hospital, 01/UR/08-12, 4054 Sousse, TunisiaThe rheumatoid polyarthritis is the most frequent chronic polyarthritis. It affects essentially the woman between 40 and 60 years. Rheumatic subcutaneous nodules and tenosynovitis are usually associated with seropositive symptomatic rheumatoid polyarthritis. It is, however, rare that they constitute the essential clinical expression of the disease. In this case, it makes dispute another exceptional form of rheumatoid arthritis such as rheumatoid nodulosis. A 60-year-old woman was hospitalized for tumefaction of the dorsal face of the right hand evolving two months before. The clinical examination found subcutaneous nodules from which the exploration ended in rheumatoid nodules with tenosynovitis. The evolution after four years was favourable under corticosteroid therapy, methotrexate, and colchicine.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/983985
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A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?
Case Reports in Medicine
title A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?
title_full A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?
title_fullStr A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?
title_full_unstemmed A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?
title_short A Seropositive Nodular Rheumatoid Polyarthritis without Arthritis: Does It Exist?
title_sort seropositive nodular rheumatoid polyarthritis without arthritis does it exist
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/983985
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