PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carlos E Perandones
AU  - Ines Colmegna
AU  - Roberto M Arana
TI  - Parvovirus B19: another agent associated with remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema.
DP  - 2005 Feb 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 389--390
VI  - 32
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/32/2/389.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/32/2/389.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2005 Feb 01; 32
AB  - A number of conditions have been associated with remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) and the controversy of whether this should be considered a syndrome rather than a disease continues. There are few reports on the role of infectious agents in the etiology of RS3PE, and human parvovirus B19 has not previously been linked to this syndrome. We describe a patient with RS3PE syndrome in association with positive serology and viremia for parvovirus B19. A 9-year followup failed to uncover another cause for RS3PE.