Idiopathic peripheral enthesopathy without spondylarthritis.
A 40 year old man who had a systemic inflammatory enthesopathy without spondylarthritis and HLA-B27 is described. The presence of hypergammaglobulinaemia and the effectiveness of glucocorticoid therapy suggested the possibility of its aetiology being 'autoimmune' in nature.
D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011239:Prednisolone