Symptomatic manubriosternal joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis.
The manubriosternal joint is commonly involved in rheumatoid arthritis but rarely gives rise to symptoms. A patient is reported with seropositive, erosive rheumatoid arthritis, who developed symptoms resembling pleuritic pain, arising from synovitis of the manubriosternal joint. Treatment with intra-articular steroid injection resolved these symptoms rapidly.
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Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath.
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D013248:Sternocostal Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology