Tonsillectomy as an effective treatment for arthralgia of SAPHO syndrome

Sena Horiguchi; Takeshi Fujita; Koji Kinoshita; Katsumi Doi

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjaa288

Tonsillectomy as an effective treatment for arthralgia of SAPHO syndrome

J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Sep 9;2020(9):rjaa288. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa288. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Sena Horiguchi¹, Takeshi Fujita², Koji Kinoshita³, Katsumi Doi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
³ Department of Hematology and Reumatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

Abstract

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome has been proposed to describe a clinicoradiological entity manifesting in the joints, skin and bones. We describe a patient with SAPHO syndrome for whom bilateral tonsillectomy was effective for the treatment of arthralgia, which was quantified using multiple pain scales.

Keywords: SAPHO syndrome; arthralgia; pain scale; palmoplantar pustulosis; pustulotic arthro-osteitis; tonsillectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports