title: [Post-streptococcal reactive arthritis: diagnostic problems].
abstract: The authors present clinical, microbiological and scintigraphic findings in eight children with poststreptococcal reactive arthritis, hospitalized in the Zadar General Hospital from 1990 to 1992. In all patients an antecedent throat infection was noticed, 7-10 days before the first symptoms and signs of arthritis developed. Antistreptolysin O microtitration and/or throat culture revealed streptococcal infection in all patients. Scintigraphic examination with Te-99m yielded four positive (50%) results. In the follow-up one of the positive scans was later suggestive of tumorous process. The authors conclude that accurate diagnosis of poststreptococcal reactive arthritis depends on microbiological identification of streptococcal infection and longitudinal clinical follow-up in which scintigraphy may be of differential diagnostic benefit.
authors.affiliation: Opća bolnica Zadar, Sluzba za bolesti uha, grla i nosa te kirurgiju lica, vrata i celjusti, Zadar.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skitarelić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morović
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Belić
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gilić
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuzemenska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Poststreptokokni reaktivni artritis: dijagnosticke teskoće.