https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1374

Axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis triggered by sars-cov-2 infection: a report of two cases

Vol. 73 No. 1 (2021)
Submitted: 25 November 2020
Accepted: 16 February 2021
Published: 19 April 2021
Spondyloarthritis, COVID-19, HLA-B27.
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G. El Hasbani
george.hasbany@lau.edu
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2571-1450
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
A. Jawad
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-2608
Rheumatology department, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
I. Uthman
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-6483
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can show musculoskeletal symptoms such as peripheral arthritis. In rare cases, peripheral arthritis can develop after the resolution of SARS-CoV-2. We present two cases of spondyloarthritis induced by SARS-CoV-2; one case with axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis and the other with peripheral spondyloarthritis. Both cases refer to Lebanese patients who were HLA-B27 positive. These two cases highlight the possible predisposition of HLA-B27 positive patients to the development of spondyloarthritis symptoms triggered by SARS-CoV-2.

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El Hasbani, G., Jawad, A., & Uthman, I. (2021). Axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis triggered by sars-cov-2 infection: a report of two cases. Reumatismo, 73(1), 59–63. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1374

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