Mody G M, Meyers O L
Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
J Rheumatol. 1988 Jul;15(7):1075-7.
Our survey was undertaken to determine the prevalence of resorptive arthropathy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A group of 256 patients with classical or definite RA were studied and resorptive arthropathy was noted in 13 (5.1%). The age and sex ratio of the patients with resorptive arthropathy was similar to the remainder of the patients, but the duration of RA was significantly greater (p = 0.003). Patients with resorptive arthropathy had severe radiographic changes. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of nodules, a positive rheumatoid factor or antinuclear factor and functional classification (American Rheumatism Association) in patients with resorptive arthropathy when compared to the remainder of the patients. Our study shows that, in a hospital based study of patients with RA, resorptive arthropathy may be commoner than generally recognized, and its prevalence may be similar to the findings in psoriatic arthritis.
我们开展此项调查旨在确定类风湿关节炎（RA）中吸收性关节病的患病率。研究了一组256例典型或确诊为RA的患者，其中13例（5.1%）出现吸收性关节病。吸收性关节病患者的年龄和性别比例与其余患者相似，但RA病程明显更长（p = 0.003）。吸收性关节病患者有严重的影像学改变。与其余患者相比，吸收性关节病患者在结节患病率、类风湿因子或抗核因子阳性率以及功能分级（美国风湿病协会）方面无显著差异。我们的研究表明，在一项基于医院的RA患者研究中，吸收性关节病可能比普遍认为的更为常见，其患病率可能与银屑病关节炎的研究结果相似。
