The Link between Reiter's Syndrome and Psoriatic Arthritis

Ossification in the region of the posterior longitudinal ligament as a cause of cervical myelopathy.

“…Neither our cases nor those reported elsewhere have shown evidence of infection. Interestingly, ossification of the lateral paravertebral ligaments with no degenerative changes in the spine occurs in psoriatic arthritis (Bywaters and Dixon, 1965) in which an infectious agent (PPLO) has been implicated (Wright and Reed, 1964). Ossification within the spinal canal has not been reported in this disease (Kaplan, Plotz, Nathanson, and Frank, 1963), but the subject is mentioned in passing in the connection of an infectious agent causing paravertebral ligamentous ossification.…”

A Brief History of Stoll-Brodie-Fiessinger-Leroy Syndrome (Reiters Syndrome) and Reactive Arthritis with a Translation of Reiters Original 1916 Article into English

“…The syndrome came to be known as "Reiter's syndrome" with the studies of Harkness [19] in 1950, Csonka [20,21] in 1958 and 1950, Ford [22,23] in 1953 and 1959, Murray et al [24] in 1958, Oates and Young [25] in 1959, and Hancock [26] in 1960. Previous publications like those of Myers and Gwynn [77] in 1935, Keefer and Spink [28] in 1937, and Lees [29] in 1932 as gonococcal arthritis may also have represented cases of Reiter's syndrome, although this pathogenesis was unclear until Wright and Reed [30] studied 214 patients with arthritis associated with venereal disease and separated gonococcal arthritis from Reiter's disease, thereby defining these two pathogeneses. They also described patients with psoriatic arthritis and for the first time clearly distinguished between seronegative variants of "rheumatoid arthritis."…”

“…They also described patients with psoriatic arthritis and for the first time clearly distinguished between seronegative variants of "rheumatoid arthritis." This article went a long way towards recognition of seronegative spondyloarthropathies [30] as distinct diseases.…”

Unusual Manifestations of Reiter’s Disease in a Child

“…In this connection, it may be remarked that Reiter's syndrome and pustular psoriasis often are very difficult to distinguish and it has. in fact, been suggested that either keratoderma blenorrhagica [3] or arthritis [4] may act as a link between the two. with cases of Reiter's disease ultimately developing psoriasis [5].…”