Diagnosis and treatment of heel pain in chronic inflammatory arthritis using ultrasound.

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a potentially life-threatening complication of systemic autoinflammatory/autoimmune diseases, generally systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and adult-onset Still's disease. It is characterized by an excessive proliferation of macrophages and T lymphocytes. Recent research rev...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Tang S,Li S,Zheng S,Ding Y,Zhu D,Sun C,Hu Y,Qiao J,Fang H

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune disorders are characterized by development of autoantibodies. Autoantibodies, particularly antinuclear antibodies, are detected in the majority of patients with connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. Recent reports have described persons with silicone implants who have ...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Bridges AJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report 3 cases ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) that developed in patients suffering from systemic sclerosis (SSc) and to review previously reported cases. METHODS:We describe 3 patients diagnosed with SSc who developed severe AAV that presented as crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) and/or alveolar hemor...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Arad U,Balbir-Gurman A,Doenyas-Barak K,Amit-Vazina M,Caspi D,Elkayam O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not widely appreciated that endocrine disease may present primarily as rheumatic syndromes, sometimes spectacular in onset, more commonly insidious and subtle, making their true recognition difficult. The underlying hormonal, biochemical, and metabolic events have understandable reflection in the structure and f...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Bland JH,Frymoyer JW,Newberg AH,Revers R,Norman RJ

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of an inception cohort of 87 patients with lupus nephritis who underwent a renal biopsy, 42 underwent second biopsies a median of 25 months later. From first to second biopsy, focal and diffuse proliferative nephritis (World Health Organization classes III and IV) became less frequent, and mesangial hypercellularity (...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Esdaile JM,Joseph L,MacKenzie T,Kashgarian M,Hayslett JP

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the utility of lupus serology as a predictor for kidney graft outcome in (a) a systematic literature review (SLR) and (b) the Toronto lupus cohort (TLC). METHODS:For the SLR, a comprehensive literature search was performed to identify the articles reporting on the serology at renal transplantation ...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Yap KS,Urowitz MB,Mahood Q,Medina-Rosas J,Sabapathy A,Lawson D,Su J,Gladman DD,Touma Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Arthralgia is among the most frequent musculoskeletal symptoms occurring in patients with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT), often causing pain and physical impairment over extended periods of time. Our study aims to characterize arthralgia and, in particular, polyarthralgia (PA) associated with CLT and ...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Punzi L,Sfriso P,Pianon M,Schiavon F,Ramonda R,Cozzi F,Todesco S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hand disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with focus on rehabilitation and splinting, is discussed. A review of the data on splinting of hands in RA is included, as is a review of methods for evaluating hand function and staging RA. Recommendations are made for splinting early in the di...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Ouellette EA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inequality of leg lengths is associated with low back pain, greater trochanteric bursitis, and degenerative hip disease. The pelvic obliquity that results from a discrepancy of leg lengths may contribute to degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. The diagnosis of leg length inequality may be overlooked. If this occu...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Rothenberg RJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some epidemiological aspects of Paget's disease were examined using questionnaires completed by 864 patients with physician-diagnosed Paget's disease and 500 controls of similar ages. Specifically studied were issues of familial aggregation of the disorder, history of exposure to certain infectious diseases, other med...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Siris ES

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide an overview of the main nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) changes described in dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) and to discuss the current evidence supporting its clinical relevance and applications in daily practice. METHODS:All relevant literature in the field of NFC and DM and PM publish...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Bertolazzi C,Cutolo M,Smith V,Gutierrez M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of interferon-induced Raynaud's phenomenon. METHODS:The medical literature was reviewed from 1967 to November 2001 with the assistance of a MEDLINE search using the key words: Raynaud, Interferon, ischemia, thrombosis and necrosis. A qualitat...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Schapira D,Nahir AM,Hadad N

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Air pollution ranks high among risk factors for the global burden of disease. The associations of air pollution and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are controversial. This systematic review and meta-analyses has analyzed the association between outdoor air pollution and the development of RA. METHODS:PubMed, Emba...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Di D,Zhang L,Wu X,Leng R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although trigeminal neuralgia (TN) has been associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc), there is a paucity of evidence and pathophysiological processes remain unknown. We undertook a nested case-control study to identify associations between TN and SSc in a large multi-centered cohort and identify possible pat...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Maltez N,Choi MY,Troyanov Y,Wang M,Jantz M,Fritzler MJ,Baron M,Hudson M,Canadian Scleroderma Research Group.

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis (RCT) is an under-recognized benign condition that results in significant neck pain and may mimic a retropharyngeal abscess (RPA). We describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of RCT as well as features that differentiate it from RPA. METHODS:We present...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Park R,Halpert DE,Baer A,Kunar D,Holt PA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a well-recognized cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS); however, information about its clinical characteristics and outcome is limited. METHODS:We reviewed the records of about 9000 patients with BS registered at the multidisciplinary Behçet's syndrome outpatient clinic at Cerrahpas...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Seyahi E,Caglar E,Ugurlu S,Kantarci F,Hamuryudan V,Sonsuz A,Melikoglu M,Yurdakul S,Yazici H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report an unusual case of lipoma aborescens (LA) presented in a patient with treatment-responsive juvenile spondyloarthropathy (JSPA) and to summarize the clinical manifestations, therapy and prognosis of LA by literature review. METHODS:We report an atypical case of a 17-year-old patient with an initial...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Xue J,Alario AJ,Nelson SD,Wu H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Clinical practice guidelines are of increasing importance in the decision making for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Inconsistent recommendations regarding the use of intra-articular hyaluronic acid for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis have led to confusion among treating physicians. METHODS:Lit...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Altman RD,Schemitsch E,Bedi A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infection is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of infection in SLE by comparing demographic factors, laboratory data, clinical featur...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Yuan Q,Xing X,Lu Z,Li X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review systematically and synthesize qualitatively the literature about physical activity and perceptions and attitudes towards physical activity/exercise among patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). METHODS:PubMed, CINAHL and Scopus and reference lists were searched for quantitative and qualitative studi...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Liu SH,Morais SA,Lapane KL,Kay J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 500 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus observed at our center, 150 fulfilled criteria for lupus nephritis. Of these 150 patients, 91% were female, and 67% were white. The mean age of onset was 26.2 years, and the mean follow-up duration was 11.7 years. Biopsies (n = 142) performed on 107 patients showed the...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Neumann K,Wallace DJ,Azen C,Nessim S,Fichman M,Metzger AL,Klinenberg JR

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a model of early osteoarthritis (OA) induced in ovine joints by medial meniscectomy, the intraarticular effects of two hyaluronic acid (HA) preparations (AHA and DHA) were investigated. DHA was an HA preparation with an average molecular weight (MW) of approximately 2.0 x 10(6) d, and AHA had a MW of approximate...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Ghosh P,Read R,Armstrong S,Wilson D,Marshall R,McNair P

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory condition with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Accumulating evidence indicates that the immune and autonomic nervous systems (ANS) are major contributors to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. We performed the first systematic lite...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Adlan AM,Lip GY,Paton JF,Kitas GD,Fisher JP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chondroitin sulfates (CS) are involved in articular metabolism and could be used as therapeutic agents in degenerative articular diseases. OBJECTIVES:To review the published reports describing both the metabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and their involvement in osteoarticular pathophysiology. METHODS:M...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Bali JP,Cousse H,Neuzil E

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant thorn synovitis (PTS) is an uncommon cause of monoarthritis. Seven cases of PTS were identified at our institution from January 1979 to July 1990, six of whom were men. Mean age was 27 years (range, 7 to 56 years). Symptoms included pain, swelling, and stiffness. Synovitis was present on examination along with d...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Olenginski TP,Bush DC,Harrington TM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several indices have recently been constructed by rheumatologists for the assessment of clinical status in osteoarthritis of the extremities. These include the algofunctional indices for the hip and knee (Lequesne), the Western Ontario and McMasters Universities (WOMAC) index (Bellamy), patients and investigator's ove...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Lequesne M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence, incidence, mortality, and predictors of cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:We compared the incidence of cancer and the mortality by cancer in a cohort of 789 randomly selected RA patients (1999-2005) with the expected ones in the general population. We est...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Abásolo L,Júdez E,Descalzo MA,González-Alvaro I,Jover JA,Carmona L,EMECAR Study Group.

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effects of the anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) monoclonal antibodies infliximab and adalimumab and the soluble receptor fusion protein etanercept in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and a variety of other inflammatory disorders have been well described. However, less is known about the propensity ...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Anderson PJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The predominant forms of adult large vessel vasculitis (LVV) are giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TA). Cardiac involvement in LVV is a cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in TA. Cardiac failure is most commonly secondary to uncontrolled arterial hypertension or myocardial ischaem...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Bechman K,Gopalan D,Nihoyannopoulos P,Mason JC

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of our study was to detect early clinical and laboratory signs that help to discriminate macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) from active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) without MAS. METHODS:Our retrospective study was based on reviewing the medical charts of the children admitted ...

journal_title：Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

authors： Kostik MM,Dubko MF,Masalova VV,Snegireva LS,Kornishina TL,Chikova IA,Likhacheva TS,Isupova EA,Glebova NI,Kuchinskaya EM,Balbotkina EV,Buchinskaya NV,Kalashnikova OV,Chasnyk VG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00