PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
Authors: J C NUNEMAKER, S A HARTMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 October 1950PSORIATIC ARTHRITISJOHN C. NUNEMAKER, M.D., SEYMOUR A. HARTMAN, M.D.JOHN C. NUNEMAKER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SEYMOUR A. HARTMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-4-1016 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occasional coexistence of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis has been acknowledged by clinicians for many years. The question of the causal relationship of one disease to the other has been the subject of numerous papers. The question has also been raised in recent years as to whether psoriasis may ever be responsible for a joint disease which is not rheumatoid arthritis. The present report deals with the latter question.HISTORICAL ABSTRACTAccording to Dawson,1attention was first called to the presence of joint pains in patients with psoriasis as early as 1822. Comroe5states that this association was further studied...Bibliography1. Dawson MH: A note on the occurrence of psoriasis in rheumatoid arthritis, M. Clin. North America 21: 1807-1808, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Bourdillon D: Psoriasis et arthropathies, These de Paris, 1888, No. 328. Google Scholar3. Hench PS: Arthropathia psoriatica, presentation of a case, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 2: 89-90, 1927. Google Scholar4. DawsonTyson MHTL: Psoriasis arthropathica, with observations on certain features common to psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 53: 303-309, 1938. Google Scholar5. Comroe BI: Arthritis and allied conditions, 1941, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PoppAddington WCEA: Roentgen therapy for psoriasis of nails and psoriatic arthritis, Radiology 36: 98-99, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. JeghersRobinson HLJ: Arthropathia psoriatica; report of a case and discussion of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, J. A. M. A. 108: 949-952, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Hench PS: Acute and chronic arthritis, Nelson's Loose-leaf living surgery, 1935, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, vol. iii, pp. 104-175. Google Scholar9. ShlionskyBlake HFG: Arthritis psoriatica; report of a case, Ann. Int. Med. 10: 537-546, 1936. LinkGoogle Scholar10. Epstein E: Differential diagnosis of keratosis blennorrhagica and psoriasis arthropathica, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 40: 547-559, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BauerBennettZeller WGAJW: Pathology of joint lesions in patients with psoriasis and arthritis, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 56: 349-352, 1941. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication May 18, 1948.From the Salt Lake City Veterans Hospital and the Department of Medicine of the University of Utah Medical School.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Hand in PsoriasisRheumatoid Arthritis and PsoriasisPSORIATIC ARTHRITIS*EUGENE H. STERNE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., BENJAMIN SCHNEIDER, M.D. 1 October 1950Volume 33, Issue 4Page: 1016-1023KeywordsArthralgiaHospital medicinePsoriasisPsoriatic arthritisRheumatoid arthritisSaltsSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...