TITLE:
Late Onset Peripheral Spondyloarthritis in Woman with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Mounib M. Sabounji, Aïssatou Ndiaye, Laurine M. Adogble
KEYWORDS:
Late Onset, Peripheral Spondyloarthritis, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.10 No.10,
October
18,
2021
ABSTRACT: Late onset peripheral spondyloarthritis is a particular clinical form of spondyloarthritis, occurring at the age of 50 years or older. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most frequent autoimmune thyroid disorder responsible for considerable morbidity. HT is well known to be associated with many systemic autoimmune, it is less clear whether a similar association may also be present for spondyloarthritis. Here, we report a case of late onset peripheral spondyloarthritis in a 62-year-old African woman with a 12-year history of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a previously undescribed association in the literature. The diagnosis of Late onset peripheral spondyloarthritis was made according to the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (presence of arthritis, enthesitis and Human Leukocyte Antigen B27). She was treated with methotrexate and celebid. After 6 months of treatment, the evolution was favourable with an overall improvement in her symptomatology and quality of life. The coexistence of late onset peripheral spondyloarthritis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis may be related to the presence of a genetic background predisposing to both diseases.