A woman in her thirties with pain in her fingers and toes
Autor(es): Power Øystein Alex-er, Brun Johan Gorgas, Blomberg Bjørn
Resumo: H- pain is a relatively common complaint, - careful anamnesis - clinical examination may reveal its aetiology. Multiple joint involvement suggests either osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis. In the returning traveller, a more exotic explanation might be the case. A 31 year old woman was referred to our outpatient clinic for evaluation due to peripheral joint arthralgia. The symptoms started six months earlier, on the same day she returned from a three-week holiday in India. There were no signs of inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis. Blood tests were normal. Chikungunya virus serology was positive. The patient received symptomatic treatment with nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs - improved over a period of months. We describe the first case of Chikungunya fever diagnosed in our hospital.
Imprenta: Tidsskrift den Norske Lægeforening, v. 132, n. 21, p. 2401-2403, 2012
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0379
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Cytopathology; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis; Chikungunya virus - Serology; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections; Chikungunya virus - Clinical examination; Chikungunya virus - Serology; Chikungunya Virus - Virus; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever
Data de publicação: 2012
