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Parvovirus arthropathy masquerading as the arthritis of Behçet's disease
  1. H J LONGHURST
  1. E LETELLIER,
  2. D D'CRUZ
  1. I MCCURDIE
  1. Department of Immunology
  2. St Bartholomew's Hospital
  3. London, UK
  4. The Lupus Research Unit
  5. The Rayne Institute
  6. St Thomas's Hospital
  7. London, UK
  8. DSMRC Headley Court
  9. Epsom
  10. Surrey, UK
  1. Dr H J Longhurst, Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 51–53 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BE, UK hjlonghurst{at}mds.qmw.ac.uk

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Parvovirus B19 is common, with 50–75% of UK adults having evidence of previous infection. Complications, such as arthritis, occur in a small minority. We report a case of parvovirus associated arthritis causing diagnostic confusion in a patient known to have Behçet's disease.

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A 34 year old white woman presented with a small joint polyarthritis, low back discomfort, severe heel pain, and patchy sensory disturbance, after a febrile illness with a rash. She had had Behçet's disease since the age of 3 years, manifest by arthralgia, mouth, nasal and genital ulcers, conjunctivitis, facial swelling, and livedo reticularis. Before her presentation, her Behçet's disease had been relatively well controlled …

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