OBJECTIVE Although deforming arthropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterised by a number of manifestations, definitive criteria for the different forms have not yet been established. To define deforming arthropathy and its different types a study was undertaken of 176 SLE patients. METHODS Using as criterion any deviation from any of the metacarpus finger axes 17 patients (...

Background: Psoriatic arthropathy is a seronegative arthropathy seen in some patients with psoriasis, a self-limited and genetically determined skin disease. Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of arthropathy in patients with psoriasis. Patients and Methods: In a prospective, cross-sectional study, psoriatic patients referred to Razi Skin Hospital in Tehran, Iran in 20...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare mortality risks of patients with Charcot arthropathy with those of patients with diabetic foot ulcer and those of patients with diabetes alone (no ulcer or Charcot arthropathy). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A retrospective cohort of 1,050 patients with incident Charcot arthropathy in 2003 in a large health care system was compared with patient...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Arthropathy is a frequent and serious complication of repeated joint bleeding in patients with hemophilia, resulting in pain, deformity, and disability. Although the pathogenesis of hemophilic arthropathy has not been fully elucidated, it appears to have similarities with the degenerative joint damage that occurs in osteoarthritis and the inflammatory processes associated with rheumatoid arthri...

Hemophilic arthropathy is the most common chronic complication in patients with hemophilia. The pathogenesis of hemophilic arthropathy involves the inflammatory processes associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Determining the severity and/or progression of joint damage is crucial when evaluating the effect of treatment modalities. Identifying reliable biomarkers in the peripheral blood of p...