Unusual Presenting Syndrome of Rheumatoid Arthritis Exacerbation

Abstract

We herewith report the rare case of a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who developed on 2 occasions the clinical picture of an isolated unilateral palsy of the inferior oblique muscle—Brown’s syndrome, following pregnancies, each time in a different eye. Although the eye is frequently involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the Brown’s syndrome is seldom reported in literature with regards to RA.

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Reitblat, T. , Reitblat, O. and Elkayam, O. (2012) Unusual Presenting Syndrome of Rheumatoid Arthritis Exacerbation. Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, 2, 1-2. doi: 10.4236/ojra.2012.21001.

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