Asymmetrical hemochromatosis arthropathy in a patient with a history of poliomyelitis.
Herein, we report a case of a 67-year-old man with hereditary hemochromatosis and a history of poliomyelitis that had caused a paresis of the right arm. Hemochromatosis-associated arthropathy developed in all but the paretic limb. X-ray and MRI revealed degenerative, massive inflammatory and destructive changes in the joints of the non-paretic hand only. These findings argue for the contribution of physical exposure and non-mechanical factors to the development of the hemochromatosis arthropathy.
Frenzen
Kathrin
K
Clinic for Internal Medicine II, Department of Internal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Schäfer
Christoph
C
Keyßer
Gernot
G
D000368:Aged; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050823:Hand Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography