Palindromic rheumatism following COVID-19 infection evolved to rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19 reinfection

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021 Nov-Dec;39(6):1410-1412. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/phkldf. Epub 2021 Nov 25.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / diagnosis
  • COVID-19*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Reinfection
  • SARS-CoV-2

Supplementary concepts

  • Palindromic rheumatism