Literature on Psoriatic Arthritis

Vanishing finger in psoriatic arthritis: a case report.

Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Sep 14;

Authors: Degreef I, De Smet L

Dactylitis is a typical phenomenon in psoriatic arthritis, presenting as a “sausage-shaped” finger. Although classically the distal interphalangeal joints are affected, proximal interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints are frequently involved. We present a patient who presented with severe psoriatic arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joint, leading to subtotal disappearance of the phalangeal bones and important shortening of the fourth finger after 10 years of evolution.

PMID: 16972018 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Related ArticlesInfliximab treatment in two patients with psoriatic arthritis and secondary IgA nephropathy.

Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Aug 19;

Authors: Sakellariou GT, Vounotrypidis P, Berberidis C

PMID: 16924391 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Related ArticlesCo-occurrence of psoriatic arthritis with collagenous colitis: clinicopathologic findings of a case.

Clin Rheumatol. 2002 Aug;21(4):335-8

Authors: Taccari E, Spada S, Giuliani A, Riccieri V, Sorgi ML, Pecorella I, Onetti Muda A

A 58-year-old man developed psoriatic arthritis and, after 6 months, persistent watery diarrhoea. Biopsies from the colorectal mucosa showed thickened subepithelial collagen consistent with collagenous colitis. There also was an inflammatory cell infiltration (mainly lymphocytes and monocytes) in the chorion. These findings and the parallel course of articular and bowel complaints suggest a clinicopathologic correlation between arthritis and colic involvement.

PMID: 12189467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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