OBJECTIVES
To review the clinical and laboratory features of remitting seronegative symmetrical
synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) in a rural tertiary care rheumatology practice,
describe treatments and outcomes, and compare our results to previous reports in the
literature.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients diagnosed as having RS3PE
who were seen in the Department of Rheumatology at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville,
PA, from January 1, 1992, to December 31, 2005.
RESULTS
We identified 12 men and 2 women, all of whom were white. Mean ± SD age was 74.0±6.6
years; mean ± SD erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 35.9±21.1 mm/h at presentation.
Onset of illness was sudden in 9 patients and insidious in 5. All patients were initially
treated with prednisone (15-20 mg/d). Although the response in all was excellent,
9 patients received disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, either because of ongoing
disease activity or in an effort to decrease the use of corticosteroids. Hydroxychloroquine
was used alone in 7 patients. At the mean ± SD time of last follow-up (31.4±23.1 months),
5 patients continued to receive therapy. Complications of treatment included worsening
of preexisting hypertension in 3 patients, gastritis in 2, and exacerbation of preexisting
diabetes mellitus in 1. Carpal tunnel syndrome occurred in 6 patients. Duration of
therapy ranged from 5 to 120 months (mean, 29 months). Three patients developed malignancies,
ie, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, and prostate
carcinoma.
CONCLUSION
Our population of patients with RS3PE is similar to those documented in previous reports:
elderly, predominantly male, and responsive to corticosteroids. However, our series
is clinically differentiated by a greater use of adjunctive disease-modifying antirheumatic
drugs (primarily hydroxychloroquine). Confirming previous reports, we also observed
a possible association between RS3PE and malignancy.
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