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Reiter's Syndrome — a Report on Four Women

1971; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 17; Issue: 1-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/rhe1.1971.17.issue-1-4.40

0001-6934

A. Larsen,

Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders

SummaryFour women, three of whom are sisters, developed Reiter's syndrome in 1944 after dysentery. Twenty-six years later one of them is symptomless, one has transitory joint symptoms, while two present hammer toes and radiological signs of sacro-iliac joint involvement; one of the two has recurrent iritis and syndesmophytes. Proximal interphalangeal joint ankylosis of one toe is found in two cases. Early osteoarthrotic changes are reported.The significance of the familial tendency of Reiter's syndrome is discussed with special reference to the role of inherent and exogenic etiological factors.