Arthritis associated with HIV infection: radiographic manifestations.
Radiographs of symptomatic joints were retrospectively evaluated in 24 patients with inflammatory arthritis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Clinically, 20 patients had a seronegative arthritis including Reiter syndrome (54%), psoriatic arthritis (17%), and undifferentiated forms of spondyloarthropathy (13%). These patients were indistinguishable radiographically from patients with typical seronegative disorders except for the predominance of lower-extremity abnormalities. Four patients (17%) had a rheumatoidlike arthritis defined as acute symmetric polyarthritis (ASP). With the exception of extensive proliferative periostitis, ASP simulated classic rheumatoid arthritis. HIV-associated arthritis was manifest during various stages of HIV infection. It preceded acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in 64% of patients with stage IV HIV infection. Awareness of the coexistence of HIV infection in patients with the above-mentioned arthritides is important, since immunosuppressive therapy, commonly used in the treatment of arthritis, can have detrimental effects in patients with HIV infection.
Department of Radiology, Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY 10003.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001175:Arthrography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging