Inflammatory Arthritis Post Covid-19 Infection.


Journal

Irish medical journal
ISSN: 0332-3102
Titre abrégé: Ir Med J
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 0430275

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 01 2022
Historique:
entrez: 13 3 2022
pubmed: 14 3 2022
medline: 17 3 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Presentation A 63-year-old man developed polyarthritis two months post recovery from COVID-19 infection. Diagnosis We concluded that the diagnosis was rheumatoid arthritis based upon raised inflammatory markers, positive rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies. Treatment His symptoms improved with naproxen, corticosteroids, and methotrexate. Discussion We describe a patient with late onset rheumatoid arthritis possibly triggered or unmasked by COVID-19.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35279059

Substances chimiques

Autoantibodies 0
Peptides, Cyclic 0
Rheumatoid Factor 9009-79-4

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

525

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Auteurs

M Deeb (M)

Department of Neurology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.

P B Moloney (PB)

Department of Neurology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.

G McCarthy (G)

Department of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.

J Stack (J)

Department of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.

T Lynch (T)

Department of Neurology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Office of Health Affairs, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Y Llamas Osorio (Y)

Department of Neurology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland.
Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.

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