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Clin Exp Rheumatol
. Nov-Dec 2021;39(6):1410-1412.
Epub 2021 Nov 25.
Palindromic rheumatism following COVID-19 infection evolved to rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19 reinfection
Eli Ben-Chetrit 1 , Eldad Ben-Chetrit 2
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- PMID: 34842132
Abstract
A 33-year-old woman developed palindromic rheumatism (PLR) several weeks following an infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Three months later, she developed full blown seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) following COVID-19 reinfection. Although the occurrence of the joint diseases and the COVID-19 infections maybe fortuitous, knowing the enormous effects of COVID-19 infection on the human immune system, it is difficult to ignore the temporal relationship between the appearance of PLR after the first COVID-19 infection and the transition to full blown RA following her COVID-19 re-infection.