A mutilating arthropathy, "rhupus hands" associated with multiple synovial cysts in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

J Dermatol. 2006 Jun;33(6):415-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00098.x.

Abstract

"Rhupus hands" is a phrase coined to describe one of the deforming arthropathies associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), because the clinical features are indistinguishable from those of rheumatoid arthritis. Herein, we report a case of rhupus hands with multiple synovial cysts arising in a 60-year-old woman with SLE.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Joint Deformities, Acquired / diagnostic imaging
  • Joint Deformities, Acquired / etiology*
  • Joint Deformities, Acquired / pathology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnostic imaging
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Synovial Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Synovial Cyst / etiology*
  • Synovial Cyst / pathology