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AI InsightThis case is of interest since to our knowledge there have been only two patients reported in the literature with remission of IH achieved by colchicine.
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Abstract
Intermittent hydrarthrosis (IH) is a monoarticular disease of unknown etiology, characterized by episodic effusions, and it usually affects middle-aged women. Acute phase reactants are within normal range during attacks. Although this non-destructive disease has no definite treatment, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, intraarticular steroids, and radioactive and surgical synovectomy have been used. Here, we report a 37-year-old female with IH in whom successful remission was obtained with colchicine treatment. This case is of interest since to our knowledge there have been only two patients reported in the literature with remission of IH achieved by colchicine.
Özet
İntermittan hidrartroz (İH), sebebi bilinmeyen, genelde orta yaş kadınları etkileyen, tek eklemi tutan, epizodik efüzyonlarla karakterize bir hastalıktır. Ataklar sırasında akut faz reaktanları normal sınırlardadır. Destrüktif olmayan hastalığın tam tedavisi olmamakla beraber, steroid olmayan antiinflamauar ilaçlar, eklem içi steroid enjeksiyonu, radyoaktif ya da cerrahi sinovektomi denenebilir. Literatürde kolşisine yanıt veren sadece iki İH hastası tanımlandığından biz, kolşisine kısmi yanıt veren 37 yaşında İH'lu bayan hastayı sunmak istedik.