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Rheumatoid-like deformities in Parkinson’s disease with 1-year follow-up: case report and literature review

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Rheumatoid-like deformities in joints are uncommon in patients with Parkinson’s disease and easy to be misdiagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, unnecessary treatment is often initiated. Here, we report a case of a 60-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease developing a rheumatoid-like joint deformities, and evaluate 1-year follow-up outcome. We also review the literature and discuss the clinical characteristics, possible pathogenesis, and treatment strategy of these cases.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Professor Jie Luo for providing pathological picture. We also thank the patient who donated pictures and information to perform the study.

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  1. Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

    Xiaoming Shu

  2. Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Yinghua East Road, Chaoyang District, 100029, Beijing, China

    Xiaoming Shu, Guochun Wang, Xin Lu & Yao Xie

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Shu, X., Wang, G., Lu, X. et al. Rheumatoid-like deformities in Parkinson’s disease with 1-year follow-up: case report and literature review. Rheumatol Int 30, 1493–1497 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-1094-1

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