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Extra-Articular Manifestations in Reactive Arthritis due to COVID-19

Reactive arthritis (ReA) is defined as arthritis that arises after infection, where pathogens cannot grow in the affected joints. Formerly, the clinical triad of postinfectious arthritis, urethritis, and conjunctivitis was called Reiter's syndrome; however, these clinical signs only represented...

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Autores principales: Santacruz, Juan Camilo, Londoño, John, Santos, Ana María, Arzuaga, Angelo, Mantilla, Marta Juliana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8574203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765373
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18620
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author Santacruz, Juan Camilo
Londoño, John
Santos, Ana María
Arzuaga, Angelo
Mantilla, Marta Juliana
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description Reactive arthritis (ReA) is defined as arthritis that arises after infection, where pathogens cannot grow in the affected joints. Formerly, the clinical triad of postinfectious arthritis, urethritis, and conjunctivitis was called Reiter's syndrome; however, these clinical signs only represented a subset of patients with ReA. Due to the great diversity of its manifestations, its diagnosis is a challenge and can be overlooked in clinical practice. Additionally, it is associated with a variety of extra-articular manifestations that may be present either in the acute or chronic phase of the disease. Despite the cardinal clinical presentation characteristics of ReA, no case has been described in the literature that is diagnosed by the presence of classic extra-articular manifestations without objective joint involvement after COVID-19 infection. This report describes the case of a female patient in her third decade of life with an unusual presentation of ReA and focuses on her extra-articular manifestations.
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spelling pubmed-85742032021-11-10 Extra-Articular Manifestations in Reactive Arthritis due to COVID-19 Santacruz, Juan Camilo Londoño, John Santos, Ana María Arzuaga, Angelo Mantilla, Marta Juliana Cureus Infectious Disease Reactive arthritis (ReA) is defined as arthritis that arises after infection, where pathogens cannot grow in the affected joints. Formerly, the clinical triad of postinfectious arthritis, urethritis, and conjunctivitis was called Reiter's syndrome; however, these clinical signs only represented a subset of patients with ReA. Due to the great diversity of its manifestations, its diagnosis is a challenge and can be overlooked in clinical practice. Additionally, it is associated with a variety of extra-articular manifestations that may be present either in the acute or chronic phase of the disease. Despite the cardinal clinical presentation characteristics of ReA, no case has been described in the literature that is diagnosed by the presence of classic extra-articular manifestations without objective joint involvement after COVID-19 infection. This report describes the case of a female patient in her third decade of life with an unusual presentation of ReA and focuses on her extra-articular manifestations. Cureus 2021-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8574203/ /pubmed/34765373 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18620 Text en Copyright © 2021, Santacruz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Extra-Articular Manifestations in Reactive Arthritis due to COVID-19
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title_sort extra-articular manifestations in reactive arthritis due to covid-19
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