ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN AND CORTISONE IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE REITER'S SYNDROME
Authors: D T FOXWORTHY, R M POSKE, E M BARTON, L A BAKER, M M MONTGOMERY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 January 1956ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN AND CORTISONE IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE REITER'S SYNDROMEDONALD T. FOXWORTHY, M.D., ROBERT M. POSKE, M.D., EVAN M. BARTON, M.D., F.A.C.P., LYLE A. BAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P.DONALD T. FOXWORTHY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT M. POSKE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EVAN M. BARTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LYLE A. BAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-1-52 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptReiter's syndrome, a condition of undetermined etiology, is manifested by urethritis, conjunctivitis and arthritis, and in its moderate and severe forms follows a characteristic course over a two to four month period. Remissions occur within a few weeks in the milder type of this syndrome. The patients with the severe form have persistent joint and muscle pain, high fever, rapid weight loss and marked joint effusions, and some also have extensive mucous membrane and skin lesions. These patients present a difficult problem in management, since no specific therapy is available. None of the antibiotics modifies the course. The disease is...Bibliography1. OgryzloGraham MAW: Reiter's syndrome: effect of pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisone, J. A. M. A. 144: 1239, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. GrahamOgryzlo WMA: Reiter's syndrome: observations following the administration of ACTH, Ann. Rheumat. Dis. 9: 401, 1950. Google Scholar3. Clark CJ: Reiter's syndrome unresponsive to cortisone therapy, Ann. Rheumat. Dis. 10: 80, 1951. Google Scholar4. GoldeckDonat HK: Corticotropin in Reiter's syndrome (abstract), J. A. M. A. 150: 1347, 1952. Google Scholar5. LarsonZoeckler ESJ: ACTH in Reiter's syndrome. Four cases with review of the literature, Am. J. Med. 14: 307, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Reid HA: Reiter's syndrome and cortisone, Ann. Rheumat. Dis. 13: 161, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. MontgomeryBartonFoxworthyPoskeBaker MMEMDTRMLA: Unpublished data. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication July 25, 1955. (Presented at the Midwestern Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Indianapolis, Indiana, October, 1954.)From the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, and University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySexually acquired reactive arthritisReiter's Syndrome and Reactive Arthritis in PerspectiveConjunctivo-urethro-synoviales Syndrom (Reiter-Syndrom)Reiter's syndromeReiter’s SyndromeDermal Disorders and Rheumatic DiseasesUnspezifische Infektionen der Geschlechtsorgane und der HarnröhreMorbus ReiterProphylaxis in patients receiving adrenal steroid therapyDas adrenocorticotrope Hormon (ACTH), die HormonederNebenniere(Cortison,Adrenalin) das Insulin, sowie die Hormone der Schilddrüse und NebenschilddrüseRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (THIRTEENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)*CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROGER L. BLACK, M.D., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CARLOS F. SACASA, M.D., F.A.C.P., OTTO STEINBROCKER, M.D., HANS WAINE, M.D., GEORGE M. WILSON JR., M.D.CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN REITER'S DISEASE: REPORT OF A CASE WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*LEO T. NEU JR., M.D., RICHARD A. REIDER, M.D., ROBERT E. MACK, M.D.THE MUCOCUTANEOUS LESIONS OF REITER'S SYNDROME*MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT M. POSKE, M.D., EVAN M. BARTON, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD T. FOXWORTHY, M.D., LYLE A. BAKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Problems in Early Diagnosis of Arthritis: Gout, Reiter's Syndrome and Systelllic Lupus ErythematosusAbstracts 1 January 1956Volume 44, Issue 1Page: 52-62KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneArthritisConjunctivitisFeversHospital medicineLesionsMucous membranesMyalgiaReactive arthritisWeight loss ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...