Arthroscopic synovectomy and radiosynoviorthesis: a treatment option for recurrent arthritis symptoms in patients with pachydermoperiostosis
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Arthroscopic synovectomy and radiosynoviorthesis: a treatment option for recurrent arthritis symptoms in patients with pachydermoperiostosis.
Pachydermoperiostosis as the primary form of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is a rare hereditary disorder with a number of characteristic findings, e.g. periosteal hypertrophy, digital clubbing and pachydermia. Further typical symptoms include arthritic manifestations in all major joints. Literature review showed that therapeutical approaches usually focus on medical therapy alleviating chronic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reumatismo
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2240-2683,0048-7449
DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2013.82