| Abstract | We describe three patients, all of them lower limb amputees who also had seropositive, nodular rheumatoid arthritis. In each case, rheumatoid nodules developed on the amputation stump, causing difficulties with prosthesis fit and comfort and impairment of ambulation. Nodules were successfully excised in two cases and the prosthesis modified in the third. The patients were able to resume walking or transferring with their prostheses. |
| Authors | I M Chalmers, A S Arneja
(Affiliation: Rheumatic Disease Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.)
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| Journal | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
(Arch Phys Med Rehabil)
Vol. 75
Issue 10
Pg. 1151-3
(Oct 1994)
ISSN: 0003-9993 UNITED STATES |
| PMID | 7944923
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Aged
- Amputation Stumps
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
(complications)
- Artificial Limbs
- Female
- Humans
- Leg
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prosthesis Fitting
- Rheumatoid Nodule
(complications, surgery)
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