From ankylosis to pencil-in-cup deformity in psoriatic arthritis: a case report

Eder, L.; Chandran, V.; Gladman, D.D.

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 27(4): 661-663

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 0392-856X
PMID: 19772803
Document Number: 630960
A 56-year-old woman with psoriatic arthritis is presented whose initially ankylosed digit was later found to develop pencil-in-cup change. The patient was treated over that period with etanercept and had no signs of active arthritis. The possible mechanisms for these changes are discussed.

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