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Polyarthritis with cutaneous mucinosis and intrasynovial mucin deposits
P Chazerain1, E Palazzo, F Bouscarat
1Rheumatology Department (1), Bichat Teaching Hospital, Paris, France.
Revue Du Rhumatisme (English Ed.)
|January 10, 1998
Abstract:
We report the first case of cutaneous and articular mucinosis with presence of mucin deposits within the synovium in an HIV-positive patients. Presentation was asymmetric polyarthritis, and subcutaneous nodules developed two months later. Treatment was with hydroxychloroquine. The outcome of both the skin and joint lesions was favourable.