Hypermobility syndrome.

Three cases of Hypermobility Syndrome (HS) are discussed. The first case was a young female, aged 24, with musculoskeletal symptoms since 5 years. Second was an 18 year old male with similar symptoms since 3 years. The third was an elderly female who presented with knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) and apparent but reducible deformities of hands mimicking rheumatoid arthritis (RA). All three patients had hypermobility of joints in absence of demonstrable systemic rheumatic disease. The prevalence, clinical features and management of the entity is discussed. An increased awareness of this condition among physicians is warranted as some patients may be erroneously diagnosed as RA/SLE and may be put on DMARDs and steroids.