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Syringomyelia, neuropathic arthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis as diagnostic dilemmas in two different cases: confounding factor and true coexistence

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An Erratum to this article was published on 07 November 2006

An Erratum to this article was published on 07 November 2006

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Two patients with neuropathic arthropathy (NA) of hands and wrists due to cervical syringomyelia are described. Articular deformities resembling rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were present in both cases. RA was misdiagnosed in the first case, leading to incorrect treatment with iatrogenic consequences, and there was real coexistence of RA and NA in the second one. Physicians must be aware of this rare condition in the differential diagnosis of wrist and hand deformities.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Fabricio de Sausa Neves, Deborah Pereira Gonçalves & Célio Roberto

  2. Rua Dr., Diogo de Farias 1104, Ap 92, Vila Clementino, CEP, 04037003, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Fabricio de Sausa Neves

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-006-0471-3

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de Sausa Neves, F., Pereira Gonçalves, D. & Roberto, C. Syringomyelia, neuropathic arthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis as diagnostic dilemmas in two different cases: confounding factor and true coexistence. Clin Rheumatol 26, 98–100 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-005-0102-4

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