Hypercholesterolemic (type II hyperlipoproteinemic) arthritis.
The rheumatic manifestations of familial hypercholesterolemia include recurrent Achilles pain or tendinitis, acute mono/oligoarthritis and migratory (rheumatic fever-like) polyarthritis. Diagnosis is made by finding skin and tendon xanthomas, hypercholesterolemia, and ruling out other rheumatic conditions such as rheumatic fever, gout, pseudogout and septic arthritis. A patient, homozygous for familial hypercholesterolemia, with a rheumatic fever-like migratory arthritis is presented.
Department of Internal Medicine B, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa.
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D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000150:complications
D001241:Aspirin