%0 Journal Article %J Reumatologia/Rheumatology %@ 0034-6233 %V 51 %N 4 %D 2013 %F Kościńska-Ilczyszyn2013 %T Primary hemochromatosis with articular involvement %X Hemochromatosis is a chronic systemic disease caused by excessive accumulation of iron. There is primary, genetic hemochromatosis and secondary hemochromatosis (iron overload syndromes). The presented case concerns a 68-year-old patient with arthritic pain for several years, with a confirmed diagnosis of primary hemochromatosis in genetic testing, with homozygous HFE gene mutation C282Y/C282Y, hospitalized in the Department of Clinical Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases in Bydgoszcz with suspected rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several diagnostic tests including radiology, biochemistry, ultrasonography and data from interviews, coexisting diseases family history information by setting the diagnosis of hemochromatosis with involvement of the joints. This case report brings some new information useful in the differential diagnosis of RA. %A Kościńska-Ilczyszyn, Kinga %A Żuchowski, Paweł %A Wojciechowski, Rafał %A Jeka, Sławomir %P 308-312 %9 journal article %R 10.5114/reum.2013.37256 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2013.37256