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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 909-911
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Asymptomatic erosive peripheral psoriatic arthritis: a frequent finding in Italian patients

C. Palazzi, L. D'Agostino, E. D'Amico1, E. Pennese and A. Petricca

Division of Rheumatology, ‘Villa Pini’ Clinic, Chieti and
1 First Division of Internal Medicine, ‘Spirito Santo’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy

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SIR, Painless spondylitis [1], sacroiliac joint involvement [2] and enthesitis [3] have been well described in patients suffering from psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Two years ago we first described the occurrence of two cases of asymptomatic erosive psoriatic polyarthritis [4]. That report demonstrated that in the peripheral joints the inflammatory process of PsA can also induce bone damage without occurrence of pain, swelling and other clinical signs of arthritis. Furthermore, we showed that silent PsA can occur in a destructive manner . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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