Juvenile onset psoriatic arthritis in a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (Bruton’s disease).
Thursday, May 8th, 2003Related ArticlesJuvenile onset psoriatic arthritis in a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (Bruton’s disease).
Scand J Rheumatol. 2003;32(5):309-11
Authors: Palazzi C, D’Amico E, Cacciatore P, Pennese E, Petricca A, Olivieri I
We describe a 47-year-old male patient suffering from X-linked (or Bruton’s) agammaglobulinemia with severe psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which started in childhood. PsA has been previously described in T-cell defective disorders, such as HIV infection, but our observation demonstrates that this rheumatic disease can also occur in subjects with B-lymphocyte cell functional impairment. Chronic inflammatory (bacterial?) involvement of the bowel could represent a pathogenetic connection between X-linked agammaglobulinemia and PsA.
PMID: 14690146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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