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Clinical Presentation Of Reitet's Syndrome Among Iraqi Patients | ||
| Journal of the Faculty of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-254 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmad A. AI-Najar; Sami Salman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: To shed some light on the clinical features of patients with Reiter's syndrome. Methods: Reiter's syndrome in 50 patients (38 males and 12 females) was reported in a prospective study. All patients were subjected to detailed history, full clinical assessment and a slit lamp eye examination by an Ophthalmologist. A Dermatologist opinion was sought when needed and thorough laboratory and radiological investigations were made for all patients. Results: Reiter's syndrome was post-dysnteric in 44 (88%) of patients and post-venereal in 6 (12%) patients. Its clinical features are similar to other series. Arthritis was noted in all patients, diarrhea in 44 (88%), eye lesions in 40 (80%) and mucocutaneous lesions in 37 (74%) patients but significant differences were noted between our study and others with respect to sex ratio, lower back pain, urethritis, oral ulcer, circulate balanitis. Tissue typing for HLA-B27 was positive in 72% of our patients Conclusions: Reiter's syndrome is not rare in Iraq as previously thought. Physicians need to be more aware of its existence in young adult men who develop arthritis following dysentery | ||
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