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Case Reports
. 2017 Jan-Jun;38(1):81-85.
doi: 10.4103/0253-7184.203435.

Fiessinger-Leroy's disease: A rare case report

Yash Hemendra Dhamecha  1 , Rikeeta Deshmukh  1 , Bharti Patel  1 , Neela Bhuptani  1
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Case Reports

Fiessinger-Leroy's disease: A rare case report

Yash Hemendra Dhamecha et al. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2017 Jan-Jun.

Abstract

Fiessinger-Leroy's disease (Reiter's disease) is rare and not commonly reported in India. This paper reports a case of a 35-year-old male with Fiessinger-Leroy's disease, occurring after balanitis. The patient presented with symmetrical polyarthritis, pruritic scaly plaques, keratoderma blenorrhagicum, and hematuria with histopathology of skin suggestive of Fiessinger-Leroy's disease. The case is presented with a view to document the occurrence of the same in India.

Keywords: Arthritis; Fiessinger-Leroy's disease; Reiter's disease; keratoderma blenorrhagicum balanitis.

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Multiple crusted plaques over trunk
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Multiple crusted plaques over buttocks
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Keratoderma blenorrhagicum - soles
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Circinate balanitis
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Histopathology showing marked hyperkeratosis, focal parakeratosis, with spongiosis, irregular rete ridges and few micro abscesses in the epidermis and predominantly lymphocytic infiltrate in perivascular area in the dermis
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Finger nails showing coarse pitting, yellowish discoloration, transverse ridges and subungual hyperkeratosis
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X-ray hip joint (AP view) showing reduced joint space
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X-ray spine (AP view) showing calcification in spine
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