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A Young Boy with Deforming Arthropathy Ann Rheum Dis 1998;57:79–80 79 Ann Rheum Dis: first published as 10.1136/ard.57.2.79 on 1 February 1998. Downloaded from LESSON OF THE MONTH A young boy with deforming arthropathy R Handa, P Aggarwal, J P Wali Case report A 15 year old boy presented with a three year history of painless swelling of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints of both the hands. The illness started at the age of 12 years with- out any history of preceding trauma or cold exposure. There was no fever, morning stiV- ness or pain. There was no limitation of hand functions like writing skills, grasping, etc. However, for the past six months, the patient had noticed flexion deformities of the little fin- gers, which could not be corrected. No other joints were involved. The patient was one of three children of a non-consanguinous mar- riage. None of the parents or other siblings had similar illness. The patient had been treated by his doctor for juvenile chronic arthritis with Figure 2 Radiograph of the hands showing epiphyseal diclofenac sodium and low dose prednisone for irregularity of the second phalanx of right and left ring six months without any improvement. General fingers. PIP joints of little fingers are fused. physical and systemic examinations were en- tirely normal. Joint examination showed firm of the proximal epiphyses of the second swelling of the PIP joints. No erythema, local phalanx of right and left ring fingers with rise in temperature or tenderness were noted. fusion of PIP joints of the little fingers. No ero- The fingers showed flexion deformity. No sions were noticed (fig 2). A diagnosis of Thie- http://ard.bmj.com/ Department of shortening was apparent. Active and passive mann’s disease was considered and the patient Medicine, All India movements were normal except in the little reassured with withdrawal of all medications. Institute of Medical fingers, which had a fixed deformity (fig1).All Sciences, New Delhi, other joints of the hand and feet were normal. Discussion India Investigations showed haemoglobin 14.2 R Handa Thiemann’s disease or aseptic necrosis of the × 9 P Aggarwal g/dl, leucocytes 6.1 10 /l ( neutrophils 70%, basal epiphyses of the phalanges of the fingers JPWali lymphocytes 25%, monocytes 3%, eosinophils is a rare condition first described in 1909.1 The 9 2%) and platelets 300 × 10 /l. Westergren principal clinical manifestation is progressive on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Correspondence to: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was 5 enlargement of PIP joints of the hands, and of Dr R Handa, Rheumatology Division, Department of mm 1st h. Rheumatoid factor and antinuclear interphalangeal joints of the great toes and Medicine, All India Institute antibodies were negative. Antistreptolysin O occasionally other toes, followed by slight flex- of Medical Sciences, New titres were normal. Blood urea nitrogen, serum ion of the enlarged joints.2 The swelling is gen- Delhi 110029, India. creatinine, serum proteins, aminotransferases erally painless and pain, if present, is usually 3–5 Accepted for publication were within normal limits. Urine analysis was slight and often triggered by cold. The 22 October 1997 normal. Hand radiographs showed irregularity disease typically begins in the prepubertal age group and limitation of function is slight. Most often the disease is transmitted as an autosomal dominant disorder with virtual complete penetrance,34although, sporadic cases are not infrequent.5 The familial disease shows equal sex distribution while sporadic cases show a threefold male dominance.56 Acute phase reactants like erythrocyte sedimentation rate are normal. The proposed clinical criteria4 include onset before the age of 25 and swelling of PIP joints with normal laboratory tests. Radiological fea- tures include irregularity, flattening, fragmen- tation, and broadening of the basal epiphyses of 357 Figure 1 Photograph of the hands. PIP joints are swollen and the fingers show flexion the phalanges. These are later followed by deformity. joint space narrowing, premature epiphyseal 80 Handa, Aggarwal, Wali Table 1 Hand deforming arthropathies in children ease, Kohler’s disease, Osgood-Schlatter’s dis- Ann Rheum Dis: first published as 10.1136/ard.57.2.79 on 1 February 1998. Downloaded from ease, Thiemann’s disease, and Scheuermann’s Condition DiVerential diagnosis disease.9 Juvenile chronic arthritis Pain, swelling, erythema, warmth present in The most important diVerential diagnosis of the aVected joints. ESR and CRP usually Thiemann’s disease is from other inflammatory raised in active disease. Systemic lupus erythematosus Arthropathy is inflammatory, non-erosive, paediatric arthritides like juvenile chronic and most often non-deforming, although arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. reversible or fixed deformities may occur. Acute phase reactants are usually, but by no Thiemann’s disease One of the osteochondroses with painless enlargement of PIP joints of hands and feet. means invariably, raised in juvenile chronic Clinical and laboratory features of arthritis while the articular involvement in sys- inflammation absent, ESR normal. temic lupus erythematosus is usually non- Characteristic radiological picture (described in text). deforming. The characteristic age of onset in Diabetic cheiroarthropathy (Rosenbloom Syndrome of insulin dependent diabetes Thiemann’s disease with painless bony en- syndrome) mellitus, short stature and flexion largement of PIP joints without any redness or contractures of finger joints. Pain is typically absent. Functional disability is common. warmth, conspicuous lack of systemic features, Dupuytren’s contracture Nodular thickening of the palmar fascia with and absence of acute phase reactants coupled flexion contractures of the digits. with a benign course make clinical diVerentia- Congenital contractural arachnodactyly Congenital contractures of knees, elbows, and PIP joints, which tend to improve with tion possible. Primary generalised osteoarthri- age. Typically hand and feet are long. tis begins later in life and usually shows less Progressive kyphoscoliosis may develop. symmetrical aVection, without shortening of Traumatic arthropathy Obvious history of trauma present. 4 Frostbite arthropathy History of cold injury present. Distal the phalanges. Other conditions that may phalanges more severely aVected. Sparing of mimic Thiemann’s disease like trauma, infec- thumb characteristic. tion, thermal injury such as frostbite or burns, Burns History of electrical or thermal injury with storage diseases, for example, mucolipidosis prominent skin and soft tissue involvement. Storage diseases, for example, Multiple organ involvement seen in addition III, diabetic cheiroarthropathy, contractural mucopolysaccharidoses to stiVness and deformity of hands, elbows, arachnodactyly, etc, can be easily distinguished and knees. on clinical or radiological grounds51011 (table Sickle cell dactylitis Transient swelling and tenderness of hands and feet seen in children with sickle cell 1). Awareness of this rare disease is important anaemia below 4 years of age. Radiography not only for greater clinical recognition but also reveals periosteal elevation, new avoidance of unnecessary treatment with anti- subperiosteal bone formation, radiolucent areas intermingled with areas of increased inflammatory or disease modifying agents. density (“moth eaten appearance”) Haemochromatosis Degenerative arthropathy involving MP, PIP, DIP joints, hips and knees seen in 20–40% The lesson cases. Rare in children because significant + Deforming arthropathies in children could iron overload takes several years. TB dactylitis Occurs most often in the setting of be caused by juvenile chronic arthritis, sys- pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculous temic lupus erythematosus, trauma or thermal arthritis typically involves large joints of injury, diabetic cheiroarthropathy, storage dis- lower limbs. Dactylitis uncommon. eases, contractural arachnodactyly, sickle cell disease, and Dupuytren’s contracture. http://ard.bmj.com/ fusion, and phalangeal shortening. In some + Painless swelling of PIP joints in adolescent cases, radiographic improvement may be seen children, with preserved function and normal because of resorption of bone fragments, but erythrocyte sedimentation rate, should arouse more frequent is the later development of suspicion of Thiemann’s disease. interphalangeal joint osteoarthritis.5 Most often, the disease has a benign course and is 1 Thiemann H. Juvenile epiphysenstorungen. Idiopathische not functionally disabling, although inter- Erkrankung der Epiphysenknorpel der Fingerphalangen. Fortschr Geb Roentgenstr Nuklearmed 1909;14:79–87. on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. phalangeal joint osteoarthritis may develop. 2 Molloy MG, Hamilton EBD. Thiemann’s disease. Rheum Thiemann’s disease is now thought to be one Rehabil 1978;17:179–80. 3 Rubinstein HM. Thiemann’s disease. A brief reminder. of the osteochondroses. Osteochondroses are a Arthritis Rheum 1975;18:357–60. group of disorders that share certain features: 4 Allison AC, Blumberg BS. Familial osteoarthropathy of the fingers. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1958;40:538–45. predilection for the immature skeleton; in- 5 Melo-Gomes JA, Melo-Gomes E, Viana-Queiros M. volvement of an epiphysis, apophysis, or Thiemann’s disease. J Rheumatol 1981;8:462–7. 6 Gewanter H. Baum J. Thiemann’s disease. J. Rheumatol epiphysioid bone; a radiographic picture that is 1985:12:150–3. dominated by fragmentation, collapse, sclerosis 7 Franck S. Aseptic necrosis in
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