A Case of Reiter`s Syndrome.
- Author:
Seok Chil KIM
1
;
Nam Guk KIM
;
Hyun Je NA
;
Hak Young LEE
;
Young Nam WOO
;
Dong Han KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adult;
Arthritis;
Conjunctivitis;
Diagnosis;
Female;
HLA-B27 Antigen;
Humans;
Male;
Recurrence;
Urethritis
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1982;23(2):260-264
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Reiter`s disease can no longer be considerded a rare and relatively benign syndrome, defined by the clinical triad of urethritis, conjunctivitis and arthritis. In the etiology of Reiter`s disease, it can be regarded as a post-infectious syndrome after certain enteric disease or veneral infection and usually occurs in patients between 20 and 40 years old, with a male to female ratio of 10:1 in dysenteric cases and 50:1 in veneral cases. The diagnosis of Reiter`s disease should quite obious when the clinical manifestation of non specific urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis and mucocutaneous lesions. Recently, HLA-B27 antigen is strogly associated with Reiter`s syndrome and may be diagnosticlly useful when HLA-B27 is positive. There is no specific therapy for Reiter`s disease, but conservative treatement is aviable of acute stage oir recurrence of the disease. We have experienced a case of Reiter`s syndrome in 27 years old male and reproted with review of some literatures.
