Open AccessFiessinger-Leroy's disease: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Yash Dhamecha,
Rikeeta S. Deshmukh,
Bharti Patel,
Neela Bhuptani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.203435
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , balanitis , histopathology , polyarthritis , disease , keratoderma , rare disease , pathology , arthritis , hyperkeratosis
Fiessinger-Leroy's disease (Reiter's disease) is rare and not commonly reported in India. This paper reports a case of a 35-year-old male with Fiessinger-Leroy's disease, occurring after balanitis. The patient presented with symmetrical polyarthritis, pruritic scaly plaques, keratoderma blenorrhagicum, and hematuria with histopathology of skin suggestive of Fiessinger-Leroy's disease. The case is presented with a view to document the occurrence of the same in India.