title: A case of active chronic hepatitis with painless erosive arthritis.
abstract: True arthritis is very much less common than arthralgia in patients suffering from active chronic hepatitis and only scanty information is available about the joint changes in this disease. We report here the case of a young woman with active chronic hepatitis complicated by a painless, erosive small joint arthropathy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004487:Edema; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006644:Histiocytes; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010950:Plasma Cells; D011859:Radiography; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D003165:Complement System Proteins