A CASE OF SWOLLEN HANDS AND FEET SYNDROME BUT NOT LEPROSY; A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2023.v16i1.46203Keywords:
Leprosy, rheumatoid arthritis, swollen hands and feet syndrome, reactive arthritisAbstract
Polyarthritis in leprosy mainly manifests itself in the form of swollen hands and feet syndrome during lepra reactions or insidious-onset chronic symmetrical polyarthritis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, hereby I’m reporting a case in which a patient has swollen hands and feet syndrome but neither he is suffering from leprosy nor RA and asking what’s wrong with me?
Downloads
References
Neves KV, Nobre ML, Machado LM, Steinmann P, Ignotti E. Misdiagnosis of leprosy in Brazil in the period 2003-2017: Spatial pattern and associated factors. Acta Trop 2021;215:105791. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105791, PMID 33310076
Chauhan S, Wakhlu A, Agarwal V. Arthritis in leprosy. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2010;49:2237-42. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq264, PMID 20724432
Wiefel K, Aringer M. Polyarthritis-from symptoms to diagnosis. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2021;146:582-90. doi: 10.1055/a-1294-1205, PMID 33931836
Fernandes TR, Korinfskin JP, Espíndola MM, Corrêa LM. Arthritis and diagnosis of leprosy: A case report and review of the literature. An Bras Dermatol 2014;89:323-5. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142857, PMID 24770512
Alam F, Al Emadi S. Case of arthritis secondary to leprosy. Springerplus 2014;3:734. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-734, PMID 26034700
García-Kutzbach A, Chacón-Súchite J, García-Ferrer H, Iraheta I. Reactive arthritis: Update 2018. Clin Rheumatol 2018;37:869-74. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4022-5, PMID 29455267
Schmitt SK. Reactive arthritis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2017;31:265-77. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2017.01.002, PMID 28292540
Anka AU, Tahir MI, Abubakar SD, Alsabbagh M, Zian Z, Hamedifar H, et al. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): An overview of the immunopathology, serological diagnosis and management. Scand J Immunol 2021;93:e12998. doi: 10.1111/sji.12998, PMID 33190302
Bentaleb I, Abdelghani KB, Rostom S, Amine B, Laatar A, Bahiri R. Reactive arthritis: Update. Curr Clin Microbiol Rep 2020;7:124-32. doi: 10.1007/s40588-020-00152-6, PMID 33014690
Ono K, Kishimoto M, Shimasaki T, Uchida H, Kurai D, Deshpande GA, et al. Reactive arthritis after COVID-19 infection. RMD Open 2020;6:e001350. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001350, PMID 32763956
Saricaoglu EM, Hasanoglu I, Guner R. The first reactive arthritis case associated with COVID-19. J Med Virol 2021;93:192-3. doi: 10.1002/ jmv.26296, PMID 32652541
Ouedraogo F, Navara R, Thapa R, Patel KG. Reactive arthritis post- SARS-CoV-2. Cureus 2021;13:e18139. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18139, PMID 34692347
Schenker HM, Hagen M, Simon D, Schett G, Manger B. Reactive arthritis and cutaneous vasculitis after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Rheumatol (Oxf Engl) 2021;60:479-80. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ keaa689, PMID 33206974
Danssaert Z, Raum G, Hemtasilpa S. Reactive arthritis in a 37-year-old female with SARS-CoV2 infection. Cureus 2020;12:e9698. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9698, PMID 32923288
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Copyright (c) 2022 DR. PUSHPENDRA PUSHKAR
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The publication is licensed under CC By and is open access. Copyright is with author and allowed to retain publishing rights without restrictions.
