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Atypical Course of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease characterized by the involvement of peripheral joints with the development of erosive changes on X-rays of the affected joints. In some cases, the disease can run an atypical course. In the following case reports, we present a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who, despite the disease lasting for several years with high clinical activity, did not develop erosive changes detectable on X-rays. The second case presents a patient with a serious pulmonary finding without significant articular involvement. Only the differential diagnostics of pulmonary findings and targeted examination of peripheral joints resulted in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

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  1. National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovakia

    Jozef Rovenský, Dagmar Mičeková & Peter Poprac

  2. Institute of Physiotherapy, Balneology and Therapeutic Rehabilitation, University of Saint Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Piešťany, Slovakia

    Jozef Rovenský, Dagmar Mičeková & Peter Poprac

  3. Rheumatology Outpatients Department, Roosevelt Hospital, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

    Zlata Kmečová

  4. National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Nábrežie I. Krasku 4, Piešťany, 921 12, Slovakia

    Mária Stančíková, Jana Sedláková & Alena Tuchyňová

  5. Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jindřiška Gatterová

  6. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Thomayer University Hospital with Polyclinic, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Martina Vašáková

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    Martina Vašáková

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Rovenský, J. et al. (2014). Atypical Course of Rheumatoid Arthritis. In: Rovenský, J., Herold, M., Vašáková, M. (eds) Sine Syndromes in Rheumatology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1541-1_10

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