Hanife Nura, Bessame Khaoula, Mandalia Uday Yashwant
Department of Radiology, Watford General Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
J Clin Imaging Sci. 2022 Dec 5;12:64. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_122_2022. eCollection 2022.
Phalangeal microgeodic syndrome (PMS) is a rare rheumatological disease affecting children strongly associated with cold weather. It is considered to be benign and self-limiting, with most cases resolving in warmer months, and no studies have investigated its association to autoantibodies or viral infection. In this peculiar case, a 12-year-old child with the previous COVID-19 infection developed PMS that did not improve in the warm weather and, subsequently, Raynaud's phenomenon and facial rash. With the increasing number of new studies showing the correlation between COVID-19 and autoimmunity, this case report highlights a plausible link between COVID-19, PMS, and autoimmunity in the pediatric population that should be investigated further.
指骨微地理综合征（PMS）是一种罕见的风湿性疾病，主要影响儿童，与寒冷天气密切相关。它被认为是良性且自限性的，大多数病例在温暖月份会自行缓解，目前尚无研究探讨其与自身抗体或病毒感染的关联。在这个特殊病例中，一名曾感染过新冠病毒的12岁儿童患上了PMS，且在温暖天气下并未改善，随后还出现了雷诺现象和面部皮疹。随着越来越多的新研究表明新冠病毒与自身免疫之间存在关联，本病例报告凸显了在儿科人群中新冠病毒、PMS和自身免疫之间可能存在的联系，值得进一步研究。
