Decreased activity of Reiter's syndrome after urethrectomy.
Reiter's syndrome is a chronic rheumatic disease that develops after infective urethritis or gastroenteritis and has a strong association with the HLA-B27 antigen. How these factors interact remains unclear. We present a patient with Reiter's syndrome who exhibited 2 novel features: unusually severe urethritis that produced strictures requiring surgery, and dramatic regression of his rheumatic manifestations following a urethrectomy.
Rubin
R A
RA
Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Goldfarb
R A
RA
Lidsky
M D
MD
Abrams
J
J
D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*