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A 24-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of joint pain, weakness, and fever was diagnosed with palindromic rheumatism, highlighting it as a presentation of early rheumatoid arthritis.
Case Report (n=1)
Palindromic rheumatism can be an early presentation of rheumatoid arthritis and may respond to NSAIDs and hydroxychloroquine.
Alerts clinicians to palindromic rheumatism in recurrent arthralgias; leaves open its prevalence and progression to rheumatoid arthritis.
We have reported a 24 years old woman presenting with recurrent episodes of joint pain, weakness and fever for last one and half year. Each episode persists for 3/4 days and intervals between episodes are variable. Laboratory investigations showed positive RF and anti-CCP. Each episode remits spontaneously with some NSAIDs. The case high lights the need of accepting Palindromic presentation of early Rheumatoid arthritis and it is not very rare as we think. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v22i1.15707 J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 22, No. 1, April, 2013, Page 93-95
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Biswas et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Palindromic rheumatism / Rheumatoid arthritis (n=1). NSAIDs and hydroxychloroquine was evaluated on Clinical response. A 24-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of joint pain, weakness, and fever was diagnosed with palindromic rheumatism, highlighting it as a presentation of early rheumatoid arthritis.
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