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Hepatitis c virus-related arthritis: Bone scintigraphic appearances
Gul Ege Aktas1, Ali Sarikaya1, Ozan Kandemir2
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty, Trakya University, 22030 Edirne, Turkey
2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sivas Numune Hospital, 58060 Sivas, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Gul Ege Aktas
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, 22030 Edirne
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.198468
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A symptomatic joint involvement and arthralgia are frequent in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, HCV infection-related arthritis (HCVrA) affects up to 4-11% of the subjects suffering from disease. We reported a patient with HCVrA presented with the commonly accepted diagnostic clinical signs and laboratory parameters. The painful joints distinctly demonstrated increased uptake of Tc-99 m methylene diphosphonate in scintigraphy and normal findings in radiography. |
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