Common Comorbidities in Patients with Remitting Seronegative and Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE).

OBJECTIVES

Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) is considered a rare inflammatory rheumatologic disorder that is seen primarily in older adult men. Patients present with arthralgias of large joints accompanied by painful pitting edema of the hands and feet. Few studies have reported the prevalence of metabolic syndromes, including diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia in these patients.

METHODS

This case series reviewed 25 patients who were diagnosed as having RS3PE in a private outpatient clinic.

RESULTS

Nearly half of the patients (48%) had diabetes mellitus, predominantly type 2, and more than half of the patients (60%) had hyperlipidemia.

CONCLUSIONS

We believe that future case studies on RS3PE should include an assessment of various comorbidities that can be seen in patients with this autoinflammatory disorder. The increased availability of musculoskeletal ultrasound provides a potential area of study to differentiate this disorder from other inflammatory arthritis and improve reaching the correct diagnosis.