Cardiology question answer session 32
Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 10 Feb, 2009
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Jaccoud’s arthritis
Jaccoud’s arthritis is a deforming arthritis of the small joints of the hand and feet secondary to rheumatic fever. Usually rheumatic fever involves the major joints and is a non-deforming arthritis. Jacoud’s arthritis is due to peri-articular fibrosis and it is called as a correctable deformity, unlike the deformity in rheumatoid arthritis which is [...]
