RT Journal
T1 PAris
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD September 28
VO 93
IS 13
SP 1000
OP 1002
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02710130040020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710130040020
AB Bilateral and Symmetrical Dry Liparthritis of the Knees 
    Under the heading "bilateral and symmetrical dry liparthritis of the knees," R. J. Weissenbach and F. Fançon describe a form of rheumatism that occurs frequently in women coincident with the menopause or after oophorectomy. This form of arthritis constitutes a morbid entity caused by the cessation of ovarian functions. It is, in fact, associated with the well known symptoms that characterize insufficiency or abolition of the ovarian functions, such as hot flashes of the face, headache, insomnia, a tendency to obesity, and disorders of character. Liparthritis is observed around the age of 50 or, in cases of ovariotomy, from two to ten months after the operation. It is very frequent among the well-to-do, as Françon observed at Aix-les-Bains, the well known spa. Liparthritis is characterized by an inflammation of the articular synovial membrane. The membrane is thickened and abnormally vascularized, and has