Tonsillectomy as an effective treatment for arthralgia of SAPHO syndrome

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome has been proposed to describe a clinicoradiological entity manifesting in the joints, skin and bones. We describe a patient with SAPHO syndrome for whom bilateral tonsillectomy was effective for the treatment of arthralgia, whic...

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Autores principales: Horiguchi, Sena, Fujita, Takeshi, Kinoshita, Koji, Doi, Katsumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa288
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Sumario:Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome has been proposed to describe a clinicoradiological entity manifesting in the joints, skin and bones. We describe a patient with SAPHO syndrome for whom bilateral tonsillectomy was effective for the treatment of arthralgia, which was quantified using multiple pain scales.

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