Development of large pseudocysts adjacent to the knee joint in rheumatoid arthritis. Assessment of radiological and histopathological approaches.

abstract：:Abstract Three cases of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (childhood SLE) with long-term remission are reported. These cases were not complicated with collagen diseases and had no SLE disease activity index scores either 3 or 5 years after onset. We suggest that some patients with childhood SLE may be able ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Mori M,Kobayashi Y,Miyamae T,Imagawa T,Katakura S,Mitsuda T,Aihara Y,Yokota S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) biologics are effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, it is still not clear whether this treatment promotes the development of malignancies such as lymphoma. Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), which is a causative agent of adult T-cell lymphoma (...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Umekita K,Umeki K,Miyauchi S,Ueno S,Kubo K,Kusumoto N,Takajo I,Nagatomo Y,Okayama A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) complicated by rapid progress interstitial lung disease (RPILD). The diagnosis of CADM was based on Gottron's papule and RPILD, and the absence of muscle weakness. The female patients were treated with early immunosuppressive therapies including stero...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Horai Y,Isomoto E,Koga T,Okada A,Kawashiri SY,Tamai M,Yamasaki S,Nakamura H,Origuchi T,Hamaguchi Y,Fujimoto M,Kuwana M,Kawakami A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to retrospectively review the incidence of pre-diabetes mellitus (preDM), one of the factors in metabolic syndrome screening, in patients with rheumatic diseases. We examined the levels of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in a total of 498 patients with rheumatic diseases between April 2007 and March 2008 at the Depart...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Origuchi T,Yamaguchi S,Inoue A,Kazaura Y,Matsuo N,Abiru N,Kawakami A,Eguchi K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To retrospectively evaluate whether oral glucocorticoid (GC) administration can be tapered or discontinued over a 2-year observation period in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing a stable oral GC treatment, without deterioration in the disease status. METHODS:Methotrexate (MTX) and prednisolon...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Hirata S,Kohno H,Watanabe H,Tokunaga T,Yoshida Y,Sugimoto T,Mokuda S,Oda K,Nojima T,Sugiyama E

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether ultrasonography (US) predicts Boolean remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who had achieved disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28)-based remission criteria. METHODS:Thirty-one RA patients in DAS28-based clinical remission were recruited. US semiquantitatively determined ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yoshimi R,Hama M,Minegishi K,Kishimoto D,Watanabe T,Kamiyama R,Kirino Y,Asami Y,Ihata A,Tsunoda S,Ueda A,Takeno M,Ishigatsubo Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old woman with a 6-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed acute abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea accompanied by hypocomplementemia. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) esophagitis and lupus enteritis were diagnosed on the basis of the results of endoscopic and histological examinat...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Wakui H,Togashi M,Omokawa A,Okuyama S,Masai R,Komatsuda A,Ogasawara H,Sawada K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy of tocilizumab for preventing damage to the joints of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) patients, we examined serial radiographs of the hands and large weight-bearing joints of these patients before and after treatment with this agent. METHODS:Nine patients with sJIA recei...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Inaba Y,Ozawa R,Aoki C,Imagawa T,Mori M,Hara R,Miyamae T,Saito T,Yokota S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous lipoid pneumonia is an uncommon inflammatory pulmonary disease that is caused by lipids from an endogenous source, the treatment for which has not been established. We report the first case of endogenous lipoid pneumonia presenting as lung consolidation and which was associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Tr...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Morita H,Arai S,Kurasawa K,Okada H,Tanaka A,Yamazaki R,Owada T,Maezawa R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish a new assessment tool for ulnar drift (UD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:We established an observational cohort of 67 patients (134 rheumatoid hands) beginning in 2004. Fifty-two patients (100 hands) had follow-up in 2009 and 37 patients (63 hands) completed follow-up in 2015. UD was ev...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Toyama S,Oda R,Tokunaga D,Taniguchi D,Nakamura S,Asada M,Fujiwara H,Kubo T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: We conducted a questionnaire survey within a standard clinical setting to clarify that picture superiority effect (PSE) could be obtained by musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) examination.Methods: One hundred patients with rheumatoid arthritis or arthralgia, who visited the Rheumatology Unit, Department of ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Matsuki-Muramoto Y,Ogasawara M,Kawamoto T,Yamaji K,Tamura N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) belimumab plus standard systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) therapy standard of care (SoC) in Japanese patients with SLE. METHODS:A Phase 3, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 52-week study (BEL 113750; NCT01345253) in patients with SLE, rando...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tanaka Y,Bass D,Chu M,Egginton S,Ji B,Struemper H,Roth D

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) is one of the most widely used self- report questionnaires to measure functional status in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The Japanese version of the CHAQ (JCHAQ) has been revised to meet requirements of clinical international trials which need the...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Miyamae T,Tani Y,Kishi T,Yamanaka H,Singh G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blau syndrome/early-onset sarcoidosis (Blau/EOS) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by granulomatous arthritis, uveitis, and skin rash. It has been shown that gain-of-function NOD2 mutations cause Blau/EOS. In this paper, we describe a patient with a gain-of-function NOD2 mutation who developed infantile Tak...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Inoue Y,Kawaguchi Y,Shimojo N,Yamaguchi K,Morita Y,Nakano T,Arima T,Tomiita M,Kohno Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a novel inhibitor for IκB kinase alpha (IKKα), noraristeromycin (NAM), for murine experimental model of rheumatoid arthritis, collagen- induced arthritis (CIA). METHODS:NAM has been chemically synthesized as reported earlier. CIA was induced in DBA/1JNCrlj mice by int...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Ito M,Hamano T,Komatsu T,Asamitsu K,Yamakawa T,Okamoto T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with the extremely rare familial multiple lipomatosis syndrome, who developed the uncommon autoimmune disease cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis, manifested as inflammation of preexisting lipomas. Despite his initial critical condition and unsuccessful treatment with steroids, he responded to cycl...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Krilis M,Miyakis S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Sensitivity and specificity were compared among the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1987 classification criteria, the Yamasaki diagnostic criteria, and the Japan Rheumatism Association (JRA) diagnostic criteria for early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The study included 90 patients who consulted our depart...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamamoto N,Hagino H,Teshima R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postoperative lung cancer patient presented with lymphadenopathy, pleural thickening, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on a positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan. Lung cancer recurrence was initially suspected, but bilateral submandibular masses with 18F-FDG uptake indicated the possi...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Nakazawa S,Shimizu K,Nakano T,Kakegawa S,Atsumi J,Kamiyoshihara M,Hirato J,Takeyoshi I

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year cohort study was performed, involving all of the 118 patients treated with bucillamine in our hospital between 1988 and 1990. Evaluation was made on the basis of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, grip strength, joint score, duration of morning stiffness, and Lansbury index consisting of the above four paramete...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yokota N,Kuga Y,Kanazawa T,Morishita M,Tanida K,Itou K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a noteworthy condition in the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc) because of its associated mortality and morbidity; however, the efficacy of various treatments for ILD has been controversial in previous reports. In this study, we examined the efficacy and safety of intravenous cyc...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tochimoto A,Kawaguchi Y,Hara M,Tateishi M,Fukasawa C,Takagi K,Nishimagi E,Ota Y,Katsumata Y,Gono T,Tanaka E,Yamanaka H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The characteristics of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain unclear. Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics of these patients in our department. METHODS:Twenty RA patients who developed LPD between April 2003 and August 2016 in ou...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tsukui D,Kanda H,Shinozaki-Ushiku A,Tateishi S,Takeshima Y,Nagafuchi Y,Sasaki O,Iwasaki Y,Harada H,Shibuya M,Sumitomo S,Shoda H,Kubo K,Fujio K,Nakamura F,Kurokawa M,Fukayama M,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to show whether the disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients had improved in Japan, and whether the improvement of disease activity had resulted in a better outcome of patients. In a single-institute-based prospective observational cohort of RA patients (Institute of Rheum...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamanaka H,Inoue E,Singh G,Tanaka E,Nakajima A,Taniguchi A,Hara M,Tomatsu T,Kamatani N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Interstitial pneumonitis (IP) associated with polymyositis and dermatomyositis (PM/DM) is a serious complication that affects prognosis. We therefore undertook a retrospective multicenter study to examine the efficacy of a combination treatment with cyclosporin A (CsA) and corticosteroids. Fifty-three IP pati...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Nagasaka K,Harigai M,Tateishi M,Hara M,Yoshizawa Y,Koike T,Miyasaka N

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are important for assessing perceived health status and treatment burden. We evaluated HRQoL using Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and factors associated with HRQoL. METHODS:We collected basic and lifestyle-related, clinical, and treatment characteristics...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Furukawa M,Kiyohara C,Horiuchi T,Tsukamoto H,Mitoma H,Kimoto Y,Uchino A,Nakagawa M,Oryoji K,Shimoda T,Akashi K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report documents the results of a study performed to examine clinical use of mizoribine (MZR), using data from a large-scale prospective cohort study, IORRA (Institute of Rheumatology Rheumatoid Arthritis). The number of patients with RA entered in this study from October 2000 through October 2003 was 6238. Three...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tanaka E,Inoue E,Kawaguchi Y,Tomatsu T,Yamanaka H,Hara M,Kamatani N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the association between hand dysfunction and ultrasound (US)-detected articular synovitis and tenosynovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Thirty RA patients were examined. In both hands of all subjects, articular synovitis and tenosynovitis were assessed by US at 22 joi...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Nishino A,Kawashiri SY,Shimizu T,Umeda M,Fukui S,Koga T,Iwamoto N,Ichinose K,Tamai M,Nakamura H,Origuchi T,Nagata Y,Maeda T,Aoyagi K,Kawakami A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Secondary central nervous system vasculitis (SCNSV) is an extremely rare, refractory, and fatal disease in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). We compared the characteristics of GCA patients with and without SCNSV.Methods: This retrospective, single-center, observational cohort study included 35 pati...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Abe Y,Harada M,Tada K,Yamaji K,Tamura N

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to clarify the surgical indication for rheumatoid forefoot deformity according to background characteristics and plantar pressure. METHODS:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis were divided into a non-surgical group (group N) and a surgical group (group S). The former consisted o...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Lee H,Ishikawa H,Miyagawa Y,Takai C,Nomura Y,Nemoto T,Kobayashi D,Abe A,Otani H,Ito S,Nakazono K,Ishii T,Saito S,Tokuhashi Y,Murasawa A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old Japanese male presented with atrophic erythematous white lesions with peripheral dark reddish rims on his back. Multiple ulcers were detected from his stomach to his large intestine using endoscopy. Although the patient was given high doses of a steroid, aspirin, dipyridamole, and intravenous immunoglobu...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Umemura M,Miwa Y,Yanai R,Isojima S,Tokunaga T,Tsukamoto H,Takahashi R,Yajima N,Kasama T,Takahashi N,Sueki H,Yamaguchi S,Arai K,Takeuchi Y,Ohike N,Norose T,Yamochi-Onizuka T,Takimoto M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a very heterogeneous systemic autoimmune disease, in which autoantibody synthesis against nuclear constituents is the main immunological characteristic. These autoantibodies underwent affinity maturation and isotype switching. Additionally, T-cell tolerance against nuclear autoant...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Grossmayer GE,Munoz LE,Gaipl US,Franz S,Sheriff A,Voll RE,Kalden JR,Herrmann M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00