Open AccessHepatitis c virus-related arthritis: Bone scintigraphic appearances
Author(s) -
Gül Ege Aktaş,
Ali Sarıkaya,
Ozan Kandemir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.198468
Subject(s) - medicine , arthritis , scintigraphy , bone scintigraphy , hepatitis c virus , radiography , chronic hepatitis , virus , pathology , gastroenterology , dermatology , radiology , immunology
A symptomatic joint involvement and arthralgia are frequent in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, HCV infection-related arthritis (HCVrA) affects up to 4-11% of the subjects suffering from disease. We reported a patient with HCVrA presented with the commonly accepted diagnostic clinical signs and laboratory parameters. The painful joints distinctly demonstrated increased uptake of Tc-99 m methylene diphosphonate in scintigraphy and normal findings in radiography.