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Reiter's Disease with Unusual Clinical Manifestation
HS Raju
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Correspondence Address:
H S Raju
Correspondence Address:
H S Raju
How to cite this article: Raju H S. Reiter's Disease with Unusual Clinical Manifestation. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1978;44:286-290 |
Copyright: (C)1978 Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
Abstract
28 years old married male hotel worker had 16 months before the onset of Reiter's disease a self limited severe diarrhoea and 12 months before a venereal exposure. The urethritis that followed a few days after exposure was treated immediately. The symptoms of Reiter's diseasestarted acutely with high fever, hamoptysis and a shadow in the left lung. During the of the disease, patient developed urethritis, polyarthritis, transient conjunctivitis, skin lesions, high ESR and persistent poly-morphotiuclear leucocytosis. Joints of the upper limbs were involved to a greater extent than those of lower limbs. Skin lesions were absent on the soles of the feet but were present symmetrically on the shins and to a greater extent around the elbows. Administration of steroids resulted in dramatic improvement, but, its cessation was followed by relapse of clinical features, rise in ESR leucocyt6si@, reactivation and spread of the pulmonary lesions. Pulmonary symptoms dominated the entire course of the disease. Haemoptysis was the presenting symptom and was responsible for the death of the patient.Fulltext Views
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