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Arthritis as the presenting symptom of diverticulitis
D Schapira1, A Nachtigal, Y Scharf
1Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Clinical Rheumatology
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
We describe a patient in whom peripheral arthritis was the presenting symptom of diverticulitis. The joint inflammation resolved only after treatment for the gastrointestinal disease. The pathogenesis, clinical aspects and management of this condition are discussed.