A mutilating arthropathy, "rhupus hands" associated with multiple synovial cysts in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
"Rhupus hands" is a phrase coined to describe one of the deforming arthropathies associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), because the clinical features are indistinguishable from those of rheumatoid arthritis. Herein, we report a case of rhupus hands with multiple synovial cysts arising in a 60-year-old woman with SLE.
Hitomi
Katsuhiro
K
Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Yamasaki
Osamu
O
Asagoe
Kenji
K
Iwatsuki
Keiji
K
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016916:Joint Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology