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Case presentation. The patient presented with inflamed joints of the left ankle and right knee when he was referred to our hospital.
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Inflamed joints were found predominantly on his left knee and right ankle (Figure 1).
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Clinical course. Since arthritis was not improved with the treatments for more than 3 months, tonsillectomy was undertaken. No arthritis was demonstrated 1 month after the surgery, and no recurrence of arthritis was found for more than 2.7 years without any treatment.
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The patient did not experience a relapse of arthritis for more than 2.7 years without any medication (Figure 2).