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Successful radiosynoviorthesis of an olecranon bursitis in psoriatic arthritis
  1. M N Berliner1,
  2. R G Bretzel1,
  3. R Klett2
  1. 13rd Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Giessen, Germany
  2. 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Giessen, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr M N Berliner, Universitätsklinikum Giessen, Medizinische Klinik, III - Rheumatologie, Rodthohl 6, D-35392 Giessen, Germany;
    michael.berliner{at}rheuma.med.uni-giessen.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.2.187

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    We describe the case of a 45 year old male patient who for more than 10 years had had psoriasis with typical manifestations at knees and elbows. The family recalled psoriasis of the grandfather. Without any trauma or special straining, an olecranon bursitis and an arthritis of the left elbow developed in 1999 as the initial manifestation of psoriatic arthritis. Three months after developing the bursitis, the patient came to the rheumatological outpatient clinic for his first visit.

    The clinical findings showed a patient with good general condition (height 186 cm, weight 93 kg), blood pressure 120/80 mm Hg, rhythmic pulse rate 68 beats/min; psoriatic skin lesions at knees and elbows; no reduction of spine mobility. The left elbow showed an olecranon bursitis with a diameter of 50 mm. The …

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