title: Destructive arthritis of the wrist and palmoplantar pustulosis.
abstract: The authors report a case of destructive arthritis of the right wrist occurring in a 29-year-old Algerian man, associated with palmoplantar pustulosis and HLA B27 antigen. Joint fluid and synovial biopsy were sterile and the course was favourable with surgical synovectomy and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Usually, arthritis associated with palmoplantar pustulosis is of the non-erosive type but cases of destructive arthritis have been reported. This condition is probably a new member of the seronegative spondylarthropathy group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Trousseau Hospital, University of Tours, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goupille
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pizzuti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jattiot
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Valat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D014953:Wrist / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen