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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Kartagener’s Syndrome, and Hyperprolactinemia: Who Started It?
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-01-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report a case of an 18-year-old girl who presented to our hospital with history of recurrent respiratory infections, amenorrhea, and symmetric polyarthritis.
She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Kartagener’s syndrome (KS), and hyperprolactinemia.
There have been very few case reports in the literature of RA occurring in the setting of KS, theoretically proposed to be due to chronic stimulation of the immune system by recurrent infections.
Furthermore, hyperprolactinemia has been hypothesized to mirror RA disease activity and case reports of treatment with dopamine agonists have led to the speculation of whether or not they represent a new line of experimental treatment in the future.
Our patient was found to have both KS and hyperprolactinemia together in the setting of RA, and based on our literature search, this is the first reported case of such a combination.
This strikes a very intriguing question: are these three conditions interlinked by a yet to be defined association? And treatment of which condition leads to the resolution of the other?
American Psychological Association (APA)
Halabi, Hussein& Mulla, Israa. 2016. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Kartagener’s Syndrome, and Hyperprolactinemia: Who Started It?. Case Reports in Rheumatology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102665
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Halabi, Hussein& Mulla, Israa. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Kartagener’s Syndrome, and Hyperprolactinemia: Who Started It?. Case Reports in Rheumatology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102665
American Medical Association (AMA)
Halabi, Hussein& Mulla, Israa. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Kartagener’s Syndrome, and Hyperprolactinemia: Who Started It?. Case Reports in Rheumatology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102665
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1102665