background: alkaptonuria (aku) or ochronosis is a rare progressive degenerative arthropathy that results from deficiency of enzyme homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase (hgd). the features include arthritis of the spine and in larger peripheral joints, with chondrocalcinosis. in this paper, we present a case of alkaptonuria in a 54 year old woman in tehran, iran. case presentation: a 54 year old woman ...

Joint involvement is common in patients with Psoriasis. Although the mainstay of treatment is drug therapy, we may be required to intervene surgically in patients with florid, painful synovitis. This is done to obtain pain relief and functional improvement, as also to prevent destruction of articular cartilage by the synovial invasion. This philosophy is similar to what we use in Rheumatoid Art...

Introduction: Hemophilic ankle arthropathy is the result of recurrent bleeding. Arthropathy reduces joint movement, causes chronic pain, restricts normal activity, causes depressive episodes, and diminishes quality of life. Objective: The aim the present work is to present our surgical technique for supramalleolar metaphysis osteotomy in haemophilic arthropathy with valgus deformity. Material a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and character of arthropathy in hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) and to investigate the relationship between this arthropathy, nodal interphalangeal osteoarthritis, and iron load. METHODS Participants were recruited from the community by newspaper advertisement and assigned to diagnostic confidence categories for HH (definite/probable or possible/unlikely)....

OBJECTIVE To characterize the articular manifestations of cat-scratch disease (CSD) and to evaluate the long-term clinical outcome of those manifestations. METHODS A community- and hospital-based surveillance study of CSD was conducted in Israel between 1991 and 2002. CSD was defined as present in a patient when a compatible clinical syndrome and a positive confirmatory finding of Bartonella ...

in order to study the prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in imam reza hospital and determine the effects of factors like age, sex, familial history, type of skin involvement, nail involvement and duration of disease on psoriatic arthritis, 300 psoriatic patients over a period of 4 years were admitted and examined in the department of dermatology and rheumatology in imam reza teaching hospital, (...

Psoriasis is one of the most common skin diseases, affecting approximately 2–3% of the Caucasian population. Plaque psoriasis, the most frequent type, is characterized by sharply demarcated erythematous scaly plaques typically located at the extensor side of the arms and legs, the head and the lower back. Nail involvement such as pits and oil drops is commonly present. Approximately 20% of pati...

Psoriasis is an infuriating disease. It is an arrogantly trivial disorder placqued on to a systemically unimportant organ. Yet it affects 1-2% of the population,62 some of whom are so badly afflicted that life is reduced to a biological chore. This is the frustration: the psoriatic without his spots is totally fit. So that, in terms of personal happiness and social usefulness, research into pso...

how to cite this article: shiari r, vadood javadi p. rheumatologic manifestations of lysosomal storage diseases. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1): 20. pls see pdf.