Case Report
Palindromic rheumatism following COVID-19 infection evolved to rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19 reinfection
E. Ben-Chetrit1, E. Ben-Chetrit2
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Sharee Zedek Medical Center, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
- Rheumatology Unit, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. eldad@hadassah.org.il
CER15308
2021 Vol.39, N°6
PI 1410, PF 1412
Case Report
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PMID: 34842132 [PubMed]
Received: 02/11/2021
Accepted : 04/11/2021
In Press: 25/11/2021
Published: 25/11/2021
Abstract
A 33-year-old woman developed palindromic rheumatism (PLR) several weeks following an infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Three months later, she developed full blown seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) following COVID-19 reinfection. Although the occurrence of the joint diseases and the COVID-19 infections maybe fortuitous, knowing the enormous effects of COVID-19 infection on the human immune system, it is difficult to ignore the temporal relationship between the appearance of PLR after the first COVID-19 infection and the transition to full blown RA following her COVID-19 re-infection.
