Felty's syndrome

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Introduction

Triad of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), hypersplenism & leukopenia.

Epidemiology

  • occurs in < 1% of patients with RA
  • 2/3 of patients are women
  • mean duration of RA prior to onset of Felty's syndrome is 15 years

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Complications

Management

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References

  1. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 76
  2. DeGowin & DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 6th edition, RL DeGowin (ed), McGraw Hill, NY 1994, pg 885
  3. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 829
  4. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 17. 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2015, 2018.
  5. Owlia MB, Newman K, Akhtari M. Felty's Syndrome, Insights and Updates. Open Rheumatol J. 2014 Dec 31;8:129-36. eCollection 2014. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25614773 Free PMC Article

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