Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream

Circinate balanitis, although a common manifestation of reactive arthritis, is usually an associated finding present along with the triad of arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis. It is rarely seen as the only preceding manifestation of reactive arthritis. We hereby report a case of circinate ba...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Sumir, Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan, Ahluwalia, Ravinder Singh, Boparai, Amarbir Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.156733
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author Kumar, Sumir
Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan
Ahluwalia, Ravinder Singh
Boparai, Amarbir Singh
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description Circinate balanitis, although a common manifestation of reactive arthritis, is usually an associated finding present along with the triad of arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis. It is rarely seen as the only preceding manifestation of reactive arthritis. We hereby report a case of circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation of reactive arthritis that was successfully treated with topical pimecrolimus 1% cream.
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spelling pubmed-45559042015-09-21 Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream Kumar, Sumir Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan Ahluwalia, Ravinder Singh Boparai, Amarbir Singh Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Circinate balanitis, although a common manifestation of reactive arthritis, is usually an associated finding present along with the triad of arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis. It is rarely seen as the only preceding manifestation of reactive arthritis. We hereby report a case of circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation of reactive arthritis that was successfully treated with topical pimecrolimus 1% cream. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4555904/ /pubmed/26392659 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.156733 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kumar, Sumir
Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan
Ahluwalia, Ravinder Singh
Boparai, Amarbir Singh
Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
title Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
title_full Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
title_fullStr Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
title_full_unstemmed Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
title_short Reiter's disease: Circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - Successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
title_sort reiter's disease: circinate balanitis as alone preceding presentation - successfully treated with pimecrolimus 1% cream
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.156733
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