Hormonal therapy in a patient w ...
Systemic lupus erythromatosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, which affects mainly women in the reproductive age and is influenced by hormonal chang ...
Successful plasma exchange comb ...
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by venous and/or arterial thrombosis or recurrent fetal los ...
Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome ...
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare childhood disease with autoimmune association. Environmental factors are known to trigger JDMin genetically ...
A sarcoidosis patient with hand ...
Sarcoidosis infrequently involves the phalanges and the adjacent soft tissue. The management of bone lesions is not clear. We present herein the res ...
False-positive interpretations ...
We report here the case of a patient diagnosed at first with large-cell carcinoma and treated with chemotherapy. His unusual evolution led to the di ...
Precore mutant hepatitis B viru ...
A 73-year-old female, who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for 10 years, developed precore mutant hepatitis B virus-associated fulminant hepatitis ...
A typically atypical tenosynovi ...
A 68-year-old woman developed tenosynovitis of the right second digit without a history of injury or animal bites. Apart from high titer anti-nuclea ...
Influenza H1N1 infection in a p ...
In March 2009 was the beginning of an epidemic flue caused by avian influenza A virus H1N1. The disease varies from mild to serious and fatal cases. ...
Successful treatment of aortic ...
Cardiovascular involvement occurring in 20–30% patients is the second most common cause of mortality in patients with relapsing polychondritis. Aort ...
Scrotal involvement in an adult ...
Henoch–Schِnlein purpura is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology usually affecting the pediatric age group and characterized by the clinical tr ...
Listeria monocytogenes infectio ...
Listeria monocytogenes infection (LMI) is a rare complication in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, and it is associated with nonspecific ...
Osteitis pubis ameliorated afte ...
Osteitis pubis is a non-infective inflammation of the symphysis pubis, which is known to be associated with trauma, athletic exertion, urological or ...
Case report: successful use of ...
We report on a 64-year-old woman with multirefractory flare of adult-onset Still’s disease successfully treated with six-month course of add-on anti ...
Essential mixed cryoglobulinemi ...
We report about a 39-year-old female patient with severe essential mixed cryoglobulinemia of type III with leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The patient ...
Thrombosis of the inferior vena ...
A 46-year-old female patient presenting with unspecific lower back pain, diffuse abdominal pain, and slightly elevated body temperature was referred ...
Patients with rheumatoid arthri ...
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have decided that abatacept (ORENCIA®, Bristol- Myers Squibb) is not recommended for th ...
Successful remission induction ...
A 56-year old patient with a history of limited Wegener's granulomatosis presented with signs and symptoms of optic neuritis. Radiologic signs of or ...
A case of adult periodic fever, ...
PFAPA is an acronym for periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis. This syndrome has been usually described in pediatr ...
Kimura’s disease: case report o ...
Kimura’s disease is a benign chronic inflammatory disease, common in Asian males and rare in Western people. Clinically, Kimura’s disease is charact ...
Case report. Elbow monoarthriti ...
Skeletal involvement is described in 25% of patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, typically as secondary, rarely as primary lymphoma of bone. Joint ...
Therapeutic Implications of a B ...
Excessive Th2 cell signaling and IgE production play key roles in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD). Yet, recent information suggests that ...
Auto-antibodies as Emergent Pro ...
During the last 15 years, a growing body of evidence supported the fact that auto-antibodies represent not only emergent markers but also active med ...
Cutting Edge Issues in Autoimmu ...
Autoimmune gastritis is the outcome of a pathological CD4 T cell-mediated autoimmune response directed against the gastric H/K-ATPase. Silent initia ...
Genetics and Immunopathogenesis ...
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulonephritis in the world. The hallmark of IgAN is underglycosylation in the hinge region of IgA1. I ...
Cutting-Edge Issues in Celiac D ...
Celiac disease (CD) is a gluten-dependent immune-mediated disease with a prevalence in the general population estimated between 0.3% and 1.2%. Large ...