Hepatitis c virus-related arthritis: Bone scintigraphic appearances

Gul Ege Aktas, Ali Sarikaya, Ozan Kandemir

Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2017 32(1):30-32

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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