Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:Aortic disease is a known complication of HLA-B27-associated spondyloarthritis. We present the case of a 52-year-old HLA-B27-positive woman with aortitis of the abdominal aorta and spondyloarthritis. METHODS:In addition to the case reported, a literature search (MEDLINE) for articles published between 1946 and September 2013 was performed using combinations of the MEDLINE subject headings keywords "spondylarthritis," "ankylosing spondylitis," "reactive arthritis," "psoriatic arthritis," "aortitis," and "abdominal aorta." Relevant references were retrieved. RESULTS: CASE REPORT:Our patient presented to the ER in June 2008 with a 3-week history of worsening of severe cramping lower abdominal pain. Her history also included recurrent acute episodes of iritis, which eventually led to enucleation of her left eye despite treatment with corticosteroids. CT of the abdomen showed findings suggesting aortitis of the abdominal aorta. She responded to therapy with prednisone, and follow-up imaging showed eventual resolution of the aortitis. She later went on to be diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis with spondylitis. REVIEW OF LITERATURE:Six previously reported cases of abdominal aortitis in spondyloarthritis were found. Four of these were reported in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, one in reactive arthritis, and one in psoriatic arthritis. The first case reported was in 1958 and the most recent in 2012. CONCLUSIONS:Rheumatologists should be aware of the possibility of abdominal aortitis occurring in their patients with SpA and should consider it as part of the differential diagnosis in a SpA patient with unexplained visceral pain or systemic features out of proportion to clinically apparent disease.
journal_name
Semin Arthritis Rheumjournal_title
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatismauthors
Grewal GS,Leipsic J,Klinkhoff AVdoi
10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.05.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-12-01 00:00:00pages
305-8issue
3eissn
0049-0172issn
1532-866Xpii
S0049-0172(14)00106-1journal_volume
44pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Twenty-two patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 3 with seronegative juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, 4 with systemic lupus erythematosus, and 4 with psoriatic arthritis have undergone therapeutic pheresis at our institution over the last 3 yr. Lymphoplasmapheresis appears to be the most effective form of pheresis in trea...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(80)90001-3
更新日期:1980-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.08.006
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune systemic disease characterized by diffuse fibrosis of skin and visceral organs due to different genetic, infectious, and/or environmental/occupational causative factors, including the inhalation of silica dust. OBJECTIVES:To investigate serum trace elements includin...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.06.009
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Diabetes (DM) and osteoarthritis (OA) are two common co-existing chronic conditions. However, whether this is due to shared risk factors or may differ between joints is unclear. We performed a systematic review to determine whether abnormal glucose metabolism is a risk factor for knee, hip and hand OA, separa...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.02.008
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Acute gout is a common arthritis that may eventually develop into chronic tophaceous gout (CTG). CTG usually is manifested by recurrent gout attacks. The diagnosis and treatment of CTG is challenging. Although the emergence of CTG without previous gout attacks is uncommon, it is important to recognize this u...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.11.006
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The specific cause of short stature in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is unknown. One hypothesis links altered growth to inadequate dietary intake. In this study, nutritional status was assessed in 34 children with JRA (8 with systemic JRA, 14 with polyarticular JRA, and 12 with pauciarticular JRA) and 9 healthy ...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(90)90022-8
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Moyamoya disease (MMD), or spontaneous occlusion of blood vessels in the circle of Willis, is a noninflammatory, nonatheromatous vasculopathy that often presents with ischemia or hemorrhage and has a tendency to affect young women. We discuss a case of a woman 7 days postpartum with new onset strokes, suspec...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2005.09.001
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:A multidisciplinary expert panel, the Italian board for the TAilored BIOlogic therapy (ITABIO), was constituted to formulate evidence-based decisional statements for the first-line tailored biologic therapy in patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritis (SpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). MET...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.10.001
更新日期:2016-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0049-0172(95)80017-4
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A variety of neurological complications may occur in the various connective tissue and "collagen-vascular" diseases. Most of these complications are due to vasculitis affecting various sites in the central or peripheral nervous system. While the evidence for definitive vasculitis in SLE is not strong, small vessel dam...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(81)90100-1
更新日期:1981-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To study the association of clinical and/or ultrasound variables with patients' (PGA) and physicians' (EGA) global assessment of disease activity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The correlation of these parameters with the discordance between PGA and EGA, as well as with PGA/EGA changes over 6 months was also ...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.05.010
更新日期:2016-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(88)90020-0
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare effectiveness, drug survival, and safety between infliximab, adalimumab, and etanercept, in a nationwide cohort of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. METHODS:This study is a prospective cohort study of 1208 active RA patients. Effectiveness, drug survival, and serious adverse events during entire...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.07.011
更新日期:2014-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.03.023
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Data from more than 100,000 patients in foreign and United States trials provide substantial evidence of diclofenac's safety and tolerability. Adverse experiences were infrequent and generally mild or transient. In United States short-term trials, the frequency and severity of side effects compared favorably with rate...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0049-0172(85)80022-6
更新日期:1985-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our current hypothesis is that mechanical damage in the spine such as a disc prolapse can lead directly to pain. However, pain arising for this reason is usually of short duration. In many subjects, however, the mechanical problems lead to vascular damage and, in particular, venous obstruction and dilatation with endo...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(89)90020-6
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A number of studies show the efficacy of methotrexate (MTX) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in general. However, is there any reason to single this drug out for early RA? Mechanistically, it probably works differently in RA than in cancer, at least in part. Thus, in addition to dihydrofolate reductase-related effects, M...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(94)90083-3
更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:After detailing the different aspects of synovial inflammation (i.e., cellular, biochemical, and vascular) and based on the current knowledge, the aim of this review was to collect the available in vitro and in vivo data regarding the potency of some glycosaminoglycan (GAG) compounds to target synovial infla...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.10.005
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To report entry criteria and clinical features of patients with newly diagnosed and relapsing giant cell arteritis (GCA) enrolled in a randomized trial of tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 receptor-alpha inhibitor. METHODS:Newly diagnosed GCA was defined as diagnosis ≤6 weeks before baseline. Relapsing GCA was d...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.11.002
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), once considered a benign and nonprogressive disease, is a debilitating condition with serious physical, emotional, and economic consequences. It afflicts approximately 1% of the adult population worldwide; prevalence increases with age, with twice as many women as men affected. In the United...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0049-0172(91)90046-3
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To better understand why immunosuppressed individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) fail to receive influenza and pneumococcal vaccines. METHODS:These cross-sectional data were derived from the 2009 cycle of the Lupus Outcomes Study (LOS), an annual longitudinal telephone survey of individuals with...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.01.002
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Amyloid deposition in multiple myeloma (MM) may lead to an arthropathy resembling rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since a systematic description of its natural history is lacking, we have performed a systematic analysis of all published cases. METHODS:Literature review featuring backward and forward database sear...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2013.07.004
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To describe the characteristics and outcome of patients with giant-cell arteritis (GCA)-related ophthalmologic involvement at diagnosis. METHODS:In a retrospective single-center cohort of 409 consecutive patients with GCA, we retrieved 104 patients with visual symptoms at GCA diagnosis and we compared them to ...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.09.008
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence and incidence of malignancy and its types in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis without arthritis (PsC) patients, in comparison to the general population, and to identify the predictive factors for developing cancer in psoriatic disease (PsD). METHODS:PsA patients followed pr...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.12.008
更新日期:2020-12-24 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Contrary to digital clubbing, there is no clear definition for "pseudoclubbing" (PC). The aim of this study was to review the literature on this subject. Additionally, differences and similarities between clubbing and PC are shown. METHODS:The PubMed database (1950-2006) was searched for the keyword "pseudo...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.01.018
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors examined the role of ultrasound (US) in diagnosis and management of heel pain in chronic inflammatory arthritis. Nineteen patients underwent US examination. Eight patients (2 with previously unsuccessful nonguided injections), had 11 US-guided corticosteroid injections for treatment of retrocalcaneal bursi...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0049-0172(96)80003-5
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the capacity of B-Mode ultrasonography (B-Mode US) and electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) to detect arterial changes in Takayasu's arteritis. METHODS:EBCT angiography of the thoracoabdominal aorta and pulmonary artery, and B-mode US of large superficial arteries (common carotid, subclavian...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1053/sarh.2000.8375
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To discuss the current terminologies used for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and related overlapping conditions, to examine if central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) is the appropriate nosology for these disorders, and to explore the issue of disease versus illness. METHODS:A literature search was performed throu...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.09.003
更新日期:2008-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.11.001
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study systematically reviewed commonly used patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), routinely collected in clinical practice, and evaluated objectives of their use. An additional survey conducted among identified RA registries provided additional information about collection of PR...
journal_title:Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.03.006
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00