Involvement of the Back in Reiter's Syndrome
Authors: ARMIN E. GOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 July 1962Involvement of the Back in Reiter's SyndromeFollow-up Study of Thirty-four CasesARMIN E. GOOD, M.D.ARMIN E. GOOD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-1-44 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHans Reiter in 1916 emphasized the importance of a triad of non-specific urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis in a report of the protracted illness of a German army officer (1). Although the triad had been referred to previously (2) and concurrently (3) by others, the eponym "Reiter" has evolved to its present usage, denoting a syndrome of urethritis, arthritis, and ophthalmitis (usually conjunctivitis but occasionally iritis). Despite attractive circumstantial evidence that the etiology may be an infectious agent, the causation remains an enigma, and no diagnostic laboratory procedures are available.The relationship of Reiter's syndrome to rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis...References1. REITER H: Ueber eine bisher unerkannte Spirochaeteninfektion (Spirochaetosis arthritica). Deutsch. Med. Wschr. 42: 1535, 1916. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BRODIE BC: Pathological and Surgical Observations on Disease of the Joints, 4th Ed., Longmans, London, 1836. Google Scholar3. FIESSINGERLEROY NE: Contribution a l'etude d'une epidemie de dysenterie dans la somme. Bull. Soc. Med. Hôp. Paris 40: 2030, 1916. Google Scholar4. SMYTH CJ, Editorial chairman: Rheumatism and arthritis: review of American and English literature of recent years (twelfth rheumatism review). Ann. Intern. Med. 50: 366 and 633, 1959. LinkGoogle Scholar5. 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GOOD, M.D.Affiliations: Ann Arbor, MichiganFrom the University of Michigan Medical Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Presented at the annual meeting, American Rheumatism Association, New York, New York, June 22-23, 1961, and previously published in abstract form (Arthritis Rheum. 4: 419, 1961).This work was supported in part by the Michigan Arthritis Research Grant from the Michigan Chapter of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Armin E. Good, M.D., Rheumatology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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