[Lymphoedema in systemic juvenile arthritis: a rare extraarticular feature].
Extraarticular features are usually found in rheumatological diseases sometimes with no correlation with the disease's activity in that moment. Lymphoedema is one of these manifestations and it's defined as a tissue fluid accumulation with gradual onset of swelling of a limb. Because it is an unusual finding, the physiopatological explanation of this feature is still difficult to understand. We describe a case report of lymphoedema on left upper arm, in a patient with systemic juvenile arthritis, with no identified cause and with no associated systemic signs or symptoms.
Ambrósio
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Serviço de Reumatologia dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. catambrosio1@netcabo.pt
Abreu
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Alexandre
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Malcata
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D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male