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. 1984 Dec;43(6):806-9.
doi: 10.1136/ard.43.6.806.

Bilharzial arthropathy

M Bassiouni, M Kamel

Bilharzial arthropathy

M Bassiouni et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1984 Dec.

Abstract

The joints of 124 young adult patients with bilharziasis were examined. Heels, sacroiliac joints, cervical spine, knee joint, dorsal spine, and tarsal joints were affected. Biopsy of the knee synovia showed synovitis, vasculitis, and the presence of bilharzial ova in three cases. Radiologically the heels and sacroiliac joints showed inflammatory changes. Schistosomiasis may cause an arthropathy.

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