A case of chikungunya virus disease presenting with remarkable acute arthritis of a previously damaged finger joint

作者：Eyer Silva Walter de Araujo^*; Pinto Neto Henrique de Barros; Rosa da Silva Guilherme Almeida; de Almeida Ferry Fernando Raphael

来源：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016, 49(6): 790-792.

DOI：10.1590/0037-8682-0204-2016

• Arthritis
• Chikungunya
• Trauma

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne arthritogenic alphavirus that has recently been introduced to Brazil. We report the case of a 36-year-old male patient from the City of Rio de Janeiro who developed molecularly-confirmed CHIKV disease and whose clinical picture was remarkable because of acute arthritis of an interphalangeal joint that had been damaged by trauma 8 years previously. This case illustrates that acute CHIKV disease may preferentially target previously damaged joints. Careful study of individual cases may provide valuable information on the presentation and management of this emerging zoonosis in Brazil.

• 出版日期2016-12