Cardiac Lesions in Reiter's Disease

Csonka, G. W.; Litchfield, J. W.; Oates, Jennifer; Willcox, R. R.

doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5221.243

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“…Although described nearly 150 years ago (Brodie, 1818) and achieving its eponym from the description of Hans Reiter (1916), the syndrome has become more widely recognized since the studies of Harkness (1950), Csonka (1958aCsonka ( , b, 1960, Ford (1953Ford ( , 1958, and others at the London Hospital Oates and Young, 1959;Catterall and Perkins, 1961). The majority of the present patients had been labelled as cases of gc.…”

Section: Difference Between Gonococcal and Pyogenicmentioning

confidence: 80%

Arthritis associated with Venereal Disease : A Comparative Study of Gonococcal Arthritis and Reiter's Syndrome

Wright¹

1963

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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Section: Difference Between Gonococcal and Pyogenicmentioning

confidence: 80%

Arthritis associated with Venereal Disease : A Comparative Study of Gonococcal Arthritis and Reiter's Syndrome

Wright¹

1963

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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“…of cases as polyneuritis, shoulder girdle neuritis, transient hemiplegia, or meningoencephalitis (Oates and Hancock, 1959;Catterall, Rooney, and Kirby, 1965). Cardiovascular abnormalities include varying degrees of heartblock, myocarditis, and, in severe recurrent disease, aortic incompetence (Csonka, Litchfield, Oates, and Willcox, 1961;Rodnan, Benedek, Shaver, and Fennell, 1964). Many other manifestations are reported, such as lymph node, spleen, and salivary gland involvement, pleurisy, and discrete pulmonary infiltration.…”

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confidence: 99%

Reiter's syndrome with parotitis in the female. A case report.

Reckless¹

1972

Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Reiter's syndrome most frequently presents with abacterial urethritis, conjunctivitis, and polyarthritis. It is of uncertain aetiology and occurs either as a sequel to venereally transmitted urogenital infection or after dysentery. The syndrome is much more common in the male (97 per cent of Csonka's series of 300 cases reported in 1966) though greater difficulties of diagnosis in the female may contribute to this difference. Parotitis is mentioned only rarely as part of the dysenteric syndrome, and does not appear to have been reported in the venereal type or in the female; such an occurrence prompts this communication.Case report A 27-year-old woman had noted urethral irritation, slight dysuria, and increased frequency of micturition for 5 weeks, which had failed to respond to courses of nitrofurantoin and ampicillin, and 6 days before admission blurred vision and sore, sticky eyes with purulent discharge had been treated with chloramphenicol drops without improvement.For 3 days stiffness had been marked in the right knee, right second toe interphalangeal joint, left ankle, and left middle finger metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints. Right facial swelling had also been noted for 3 days.The patient had had a regular consort for the previous 3 years, during which time she had taken oral contraceptives. ExaminationTemperature was raised to 38°C. There was bilateral purulent conjunctivitis, and a non-tender, non-fluctuant right parotid swelling without discharge. There were no buccal or skin lesions. The joints involved were painful with reduced power and range of movement, and there was local tenderness, erythema, and raised temperature. The respiratory and cardiovascular systems were normal, and there was no lymphadenopathy or hepatosplenomegaly.Received for publication August 6, 1971

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“…These theories were abundant in that decade supported by observations of Abel [38] in 1950, Lodge in 1956 of sacroiliitis in paraplegics and by the hypothesis of Mason et al [39] in Cardiac Auricular ventricular block was described by Fering [53] in 1945, aortitis by Trier [54] in 1950, and pericarditis by Csonka and Oates [55] in 1957. Csonka et al [56] had expanded on the description of cardiac manifestations in their 1961 article, and carditis and aortic insufficiency were described by Cliff [57] in 1971. Prolongation of the PR interval was reported by Feiring [54] in 1945, Hall and Finegold [58] in 1953, Csonka et al [56] in 1961, Weinberger and colleagues [59] in 1962.…”

Section: Etiology and Pathogenesismentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Csonka et al [56] had expanded on the description of cardiac manifestations in their 1961 article, and carditis and aortic insufficiency were described by Cliff [57] in 1971. Prolongation of the PR interval was reported by Feiring [54] in 1945, Hall and Finegold [58] in 1953, Csonka et al [56] in 1961, Weinberger and colleagues [59] in 1962. Q-and T-wave abnormalities were also described by Feiring [53] in 1945, Hall and Finegold [58] in 1953, and by Weinberger et al [59] in 1962.…”

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confidence: 98%

A Brief History of Stoll-Brodie-Fiessinger-Leroy Syndrome (Reiters Syndrome) and Reactive Arthritis with a Translation of Reiters Original 1916 Article into English

Iglesias-Gammara¹,

Restrepo²,

Valle³

et al. 2005

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While not the only form of reactive arthrits, Reiter's syndrome is the eponym given to a form of reactive arthritis associated with with the classice triad of conjuntivitis, urethritis, and inflammatory arthritis. Although in popular use, the term Reiter's syndrome has become clouded, not only because of the variable pathophysiology of reactive arthritis, but also because of Reiter's own past as an early member of the Nazi party and his prominent role in the German health system during the Thrid Reich, including involvement with involuntary medical procedures and experiments in Nazi concentration camps. As is often the case, the eponym attached to the syndrome does not honor the original describers of the disease, although doubtless Reiter's account remains the classic description. We offer a brief historical review of the disease, and complete it with a translation into English of Reiter's original publication.

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Cardiac Lesions in Reiter's Disease

Cited by 55 publications

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Arthritis associated with Venereal Disease : A Comparative Study of Gonococcal Arthritis and Reiter's Syndrome

Arthritis associated with Venereal Disease : A Comparative Study of Gonococcal Arthritis and Reiter's Syndrome

Reiter's syndrome with parotitis in the female. A case report.

A Brief History of Stoll-Brodie-Fiessinger-Leroy Syndrome (Reiters Syndrome) and Reactive Arthritis with a Translation of Reiters Original 1916 Article into English

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