Abstract:A 37-year-old man was admitted to our unit in June 2014 with a three-month history of fever and arthralgia, and with one transient episode of arthritis affecting the left ankle some weeks before and localized erythema of the same leg, probably erythema nodosum. He had no relevant anamnestic history apart from inhalant allergy.In March he underwent a specialist evaluation for arthralgia with the prescription of blood tests [rheumatoid factor (RF) was positive, whereas anti-CCP, ANA, ENA, native-dsDNA antibodies… Show more
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