Linfedema na artrite idiopática juvenil: uma manifestação extra-articular rara

• Author(s): Ambrósio, C ; Abreu, P ; Alexandre, M ; Malcata, AB
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/469
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Artrite Reumatóide Juvenil; Linfedema
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Extraarticular features are usually found in rheumatological diseases sometimes with no correlation with the disease's activity in that moment. Lymphoedema is one of these manifestations and it's defined as a tissue fluid accumulation with gradual onset of swelling of a limb. Because it is an unusual finding, the physiopatological explanation of this feature is still difficult to understand. We describe a case report of lymphoedema on left upper arm, in a patient with systemic juvenile arthritis, with no identified cause and with no associated systemic signs or symptoms.