Abstract

DOMINGUEZ, M et al. Felty's syndrome: A case report and literature review. Rev. argent. dermatol. [online]. 2013, vol.94, n.1. ISSN 1851-300X.

Felty's syndrome has such as main feature the triad composed by: rheumatoid arthritis, neutropenia and splenomegaly. It is unusual autoimmune disease that compromises the nervous system as well as joint affectation and extra joint. This illness develops in middle aged subjects with arthritis rheumatoid chronic deform history. The diagnosis is clinical and the focus treatment is to diminish the articular pain, to reduce the infections high rates and to avoid the bony deformities. We report a clinical case of a patient who is 69 years-old, she was diagnosed in our hospital and we reviewed the bibliographic entity.

Keywords : Felty's syndrome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Splenomegaly; Neutropenia.