Reiter's Syndrome in Father and Son

Reiter's disease, ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis occurring within a single family

“…Five other families, with which this report might be grouped, had involvement of post-pubertal boys or men without a history of dysentery (8,(10)(11)(12)(13). T h e onsets of RD among different members of these families were sometimes widely separated in time and place.…”

“…Moreover, RD has occasionally affected more than one member of a family (1, 2, [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Preliminary results of a family study of relatives of patients with RD have disclosed evidence of a link between RD and psoriasis and also between R D and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (15).…”

Reiter's syndrome in children. A case report and review

“…Zewi (3) reported three cases he observed to develop within a two-month period. In another instance, a father and son became sick at the same time (14) and in another report two brothers and their father developed Reiter's syndrome (17).…”

“…Arthritis usually developed after one or more other symptoms. In 10 of the 21, the initial symptom was conjunctivitis (3, 4, 6, 9, 15, 17), in four, urethritis (2, 8, 12, 13) and in three, arthritis (9,14,16 …”

“…Heel pain occurred (9 and X-rays showed changes of periarticular demineralization (13, 14), periostitis (14) and a bony erosion (14). A synovial fluid specimen was described as purulent, with a leukocyte count of 17,OOO/cu mm, all polymorphonuclear cells (7).…”