Acute generalized pustular bacterid concomitant with erythema nodosum, polyarthritis, and Achilles tendinitis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to analyze the score of fatigue in a large cohort of Brazilian patients with SpA, comparing different disease patterns and its association with demographic and disease-specific variables. METHODS:A common protocol of investigation was prospectively applied to 1492 Brazilian ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Bianchi WA,Elias FR,Carneiro S,Bortoluzzo AB,Gonçalves CR,da Silva JA,Ximenes AC,Bértolo MB,Ribeiro SL,Keiserman M,Skare TL,Menin R,Azevedo VF,Vieira WP,Albuquerque EN,Bonfiglioli R,Campanholo C,Carvalho HM,Costa IP,

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to clarify the characteristics of heme oxygenase (HO)-1 expressing cells in the synovium from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA), and to investigate the co-expression of HO-1 and IgG-Fc/HLA-DR complex. METHODS:The characteristics of HO-1 expressing cells in the synovium were investig...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yang S,Ohe R,Aung NY,Kato T,Kabasawa T,Utsunomiya A,Takakubo Y,Takagi M,Yamakawa M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of valgus hindfoot deformity in hallux valgus deformity was confirmed in a rheumatoid arthritis case with a destructive valgus hindfoot deformity. Correction of severe valgus, calcaneal lateral offset, and pronated foot deformity instantly normalized hallux valgus deformities postoperatively. Thus, car...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamada S,Hirao M,Tsuboi H,Akita S,Matsushita M,Ohshima S,Saeki Y,Hashimoto J

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Synovial vascularization in the knee joints of six patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were treated with infliximab was evaluated by Doppler sonography. Power Doppler sonography demonstrated a significant reduction of color flow signals (P < 0.05), and spectral Doppler sonography demonstrated a significant increase...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Takahashi A,Sato A,Yamadera Y,Takeda I,Kanno T,Ohguchi Y,Nishimaki T,Kasukawa R

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the improvement of health status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tocilizumab. METHODS:Thirty-nine patients were treated with 8 mg/kg tocilizumab every 4 weeks for 24 weeks. Disease activity was assessed by Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Simplified Disease Activ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Fusama M,Nakahara H,Hamano Y,Nishide M,Kawamoto K,Hosokawa T,Nozato S,Higa S,Igarashi T,Takeuchi E,Kuroiwa T,Shimaoka Y,Yukioka M,Miura Y,Higashi K,Kuritani T,Maeda K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex process of chronic and progressive inflammation associated with activation of numerous signaling molecules and transcription factors and hyperproliferation of synoviocytes of the affected joints, although the greater part of its pathophysiological process is explained by activati...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Okamoto T

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Periaortitis and periarteritis are one of the clinical features of IgG4-related disease. Such vascular manifestations are reported to be present in 10-30% of overall IgG4-related disease, and they may also appear as an isolated lesion of IgG4-related disease. As other types of large vessel vasculitis, IgG4-related vas...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Mizushima I,Kasashima S,Fujinaga Y,Kawano M,Ishizaka N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed total hip arthroplasty using the non-cement impaction auto-bone-grafting method with the resected femoral head for acetabular protrusion that is not combined with the destruction of acetabular rim or dysplasia of the hip joint. Ten patients (eight women and two men) with rheumatoid arthritis who showed ac...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Mochida Y,Saito I,Akamatsu Y,Taki N,Mitsugi N,Saito T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune connective-tissue disease with a complex phenotype and varying disease course. Although SLE often causes a polyarticular synovitis, there are only a few case reports of abnormalities of the synovial lined sacroiliac joints. We report a case with an overlap...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Chandrasekhara PK,Jayachandran NV,Thomas J,Narsimulu G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease related to helper T cell responses. We recently experienced the case of a 57-year-old woman with sarcoidosis complicated by crescentic glomerulonephritis with low levels of myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. We herein describe the details of her clinical course an...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kabara M,Nakagawa N,Matsuki M,Chinda J,Fujino T,Hasebe N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most representative kidney lesion of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is plasma cell-rich tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) with distinctive imaging findings including multiple low-density lesions on contrast-enhanced computed tomography. In addition, membranous glomerulonephritis is a representative glomerular les...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kawano M,Saeki T,Nakashima H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tocilizumab (TCZ) is an interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitor used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It was developed in 2008, and its effectiveness is supported by evidence from all over the world based on its first decade of use. Although the overall efficacy and safety profiles of TCZ are similar to those of...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Ogata A,Kato Y,Higa S,Yoshizaki K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prediction of hip osteoarthritis (OA) progression is still a difficult issue. We have adopted (18)F-fluoride positron emission tomography (PET) for the evaluation of hip osteoarthritis, and investigated the prediction utility of (18)F-fluoride PET for both pain worsening and OA progression using a logisti...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kobayashi N,Inaba Y,Yukizawa Y,Ike H,Kubota S,Inoue T,Saito T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop and evaluate an exercise program that the elderly could sustainably perform in the community or at home to recover from locomotive syndrome. METHODS:We produced 2 types of teaching media, video and pamphlet, describing 10 physical and mobility training exercises. The pilot study examined changes ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Hashizume H,Yoshimura N,Nagata K,Miyazaki N,Ishimoto Y,Nishiyama R,Oka H,Yamada H,Yoshida M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortitis, inflammation of the aortic tissue, is most commonly caused by vasculitic rheumatic conditions, and less frequently infectious organisms. Involvement of the aorta is well defined in HLA-B27-associated spondyloarthropathies such as long-standing ankylosing spondylitis and Reiter's syndrome. However, unlike oth...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tufan A,Engin Tezcan M,Kaya A,Mercan R,Oner Y,Ozturk MA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Avascular necrosis of bone (AVN) is an important complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Corticosteroid therapy has been underlined as a main risk factor for osteonecrosis. However, AVN development in patients who have never received corticosteroid and the absence of AVN in the majority of the pat...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Faezi ST,Hoseinian AS,Paragomi P,Akbarian M,Esfahanian F,Gharibdoost F,Akhlaghi M,Nadji A,Jamshidi AR,Shahram F,Nejadhosseinian M,Davatchi F

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the characteristics of circulating T-helper (Th) cells and CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). METHODS:Peripheral blood samples were obtained from 14 patients with PAN. Nine patients having granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and 11 healthy individuals (HC) were...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Shimojima Y,Ishii W,Kishida D,Fukushima K,Ikeda SI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leuconostoc infections are rare and usually occur in immunocompromised patients. This report describes a case of Leuconostoc lactis bacteremia in a patient with coexisting rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis arthritis. A disrupted gastrointestinal barrier due to gastrointestinal amyloidosis in long-standing rheumato...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Shin J,Her M,Moon C,Kim D,Lee S,Jung S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology causing systematic inflammation and resulting in destruction of cartilaginous tissues. We describe here an 18-year-old Japanese woman who developed severe airway stenosis as the initial symptom with auricular, nasal, and ocular inflammation. The effec...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamaoka K,Saito K,Hanami K,Nakayamada S,Nawata M,Iwata S,Azuma T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease involving a complex network of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6. We tested the hypothesis that serum IL-6 level is a useful indicator of disease activity and predicts the treatment response to biologics in patients with psoriasis. METHODS:We analyzed 113 psorias...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Muramatsu S,Kubo R,Nishida E,Morita A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to identify the prevalence of scoliosis and scoliosis-related factors of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:In this study, 411 patients who underwent coronal total spine and lower limb radiography were enrolled. Patients with a Cobb angle ≥10° were diagnosed with scoliosis. Statistical anal...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Mochizuki T,Yano K,Ikari K,Hiroshima R,Takaoka H,Kawakami K,Koenuma N,Ishibashi M,Shirahata T,Momohara S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colchicine is the mainstay of the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). However, 10% of FMF patients do not respond well to colchicine. Efficacy of interleukin (IL)-1 inhibitors in reducing attacks have been demonstrated in colchicine-resistant FMF (crFMF) patients recently. Colchicine is still th...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Varan Ö,Kucuk H,Babaoglu H,Guven SC,Ozturk MA,Haznedaroglu S,Goker B,Tufan A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital suffering from high fever and progressive paralysis in both legs. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord showed high-intensity signals from C5 to Th4 and from Th7 to L1 on T2-weighted images. The patient was diagnosed as having acute transverse myelitis ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yamanaka F,Migita K,Ichinose K,Ohno N,Kimura H,Ishimaru H,Matsuoka Y,Eguchi K,Ezaki H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to investigate the clinical and radiological results of the Sauvé-Kapandji (S-K) procedure for the rheumatoid wrist. One hundred and eight rheumatoid wrists in 98 patients were operated on in our institute from 1992 to 2000, and in 82 wrists we used the S-K procedure. In other cases...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Momohara S,Mamizuka K,Yonemoto K,Tomatsu T,Inoue K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The introduction of powerful antirheumatic drugs has dramatically improved the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), leading clinicians to reconsider the benefits of joint preservation for rheumatoid forefoot deformities. We have employed joint-preserving forefoot surgeries, including rotational closing-we...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yano K,Ikari K,Iwamoto T,Saito A,Naito Y,Kawakami K,Suzuki T,Imamura H,Sakuma Y,Hiroshima R,Momohara S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Twenty-six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) showing systemic lupus activity measure (SLAM) and SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) scores ≤2, as well as a lower C4 concentration than the mean C4 levels of healthy controls, were selected to evaluate the C4 levels of SLE patients in remission. S...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yasuda M,Suenaga Y,Nishimukai H,Nobunaga M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (CPAN) is a form of necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium-sized arteries. It is limited to the skin and has a recurrent and chronic course, possibly associated with fever, arthralgia, myalgia and neuropathy, but without visceral involvement. We report the clinical case of a 7-year-o...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Valor L,Monteagudo I,de la Torre I,Fernández CG,Montoro M,Longo JL,Carreño L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00