Ankle and hindfoot arthropathy in hereditary hemochromatosis |
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Authors: | Schmid Holger Struppler Christiane Braun Gerald S Kellner Wolfgang Kellner Herbert |
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Institution: | Rheumahaeinheit, Med. Poliklinik, Munich, Germany. holger.schmid@lrz.uni-muenchen.de |
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Abstract: | Arthropathy is a leading clinical manifestation of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), but involvement of the ankle and hindfoot joints is rare. We describe 3 male patients who presented with symmetrical pain and swelling of the ankles. Radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging showed severe osteoarthritic degenerative changes with a radiological triad of joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis, and cyst formation. In all 3 cases a homozygous C282Y mutation in the HFE gene was detected and liver biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of HH. Other differential diagnoses could be excluded. Severe arthropathy of the ankle and hindfoot in comparatively young men can be a leading presentation of HH. |
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