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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38538387/foot-involvement-in-psoriatic-arthritis-prevalence-clinical-and-radiological-features
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zouhour Gassara, Afef Feki, Zina Hakim, Samar Ben Djmeaa, Cyrine Abid, Mohamed Hedi Kallel, Hela Fourati, Sofien Baklouti
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of foot involvement in psoriatic arthritis and to describe its different clinical and radiological features. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a cross sectional study including 40 patients with psoriatic arthritis over a period of 12 months. Anamnesis, clinical examination of feet, podoscopic examination, X-rays of feet and heels, and ultrasound in B mode and power Doppler mode were done for each patient...
March 21, 2024: Foot and Ankle Surgery: Official Journal of the European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537149/urinary-bladder-involvement-in-igg4-related-disease-a-case-based-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Parag Vijayvergia, Sayan Mukherjee, Lily Singh, Urmila Dhakad
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-driven fibroinflammatory disease that presents as tumefactive lesions that not only commonly affects the pancreas, lacrimal and salivary glands, lung, liver and kidney but can also affect any organs. However, involvement of the urinary bladder in IgG4-RD is rarely reported. We describe a case of IgG4-RD involving the urinary bladder mimicking carcinoma and review the published literature-a 39-year-old male presented with complaints of dysuria, urgency and hesitancy...
March 2, 2024: Modern rheumatology case reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38516555/polymyalgia-rheumatica-post-sars-cov-2-infection
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Carolina Duarte-Salazar, José Eugenio Vazquez-Meraz, Lucio Ventura-Ríos, Cristina Hernández-Díaz, José Arellano-Galindo
There is growing evidence that infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can lead to dysregulation of the immune system and, consequently, the development of autoimmune phenomena. Here, we describe the case of a 75-year-old woman with rheumatic manifestations characterized by intense musculoskeletal pain and stiffness in the neck and shoulders, with sudden onset and with the inability to raise her arms. The patient was admitted with severe pain located in the neck and shoulders...
2024: Case Reports in Immunology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38512585/from-psoriasis-to-psoriatic-arthritis-ultrasound-insights-connecting-psoriasis-with-subclinical-musculoskeletal-inflammation-and-the-path-to-psoriatic-arthritis
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A L Ribeiro, L Eder
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes the literature about the transition from psoriasis to psoriatic arthritis (PsA), focusing on musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) for detecting subclinical inflammation and its role in diagnosis and triage of high-risk patients. RECENT FINDINGS: MSUS effectively detects subclinical musculoskeletal inflammation in patients with psoriasis; however, some of these lesions are non-specific and can be found in healthy individuals...
March 21, 2024: Current Rheumatology Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509033/clinical-laboratory-and-imaging-features-between-men-and-women-with-axial-spondyloarthritis-in-a-specialized-center-in-argentina
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Rodrigo Garcia-Salinas, Gisele Reyes Jara, Juan Arguello, Santiago Ruta, Felicia Almada, Dario Aguerre
OBJECTIVES: The aims were to estimate the frequency of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in women and to analyze the clinical, laboratory, and imaging differences with respect to men at the time of diagnosis. METHODS: Consecutive patients older than 18 years with a diagnosis of axSpA were included between 2017 and 2022 admitted to the "Reuma-check" SpA program. At baseline, all patients underwent clinical assessment, laboratory tests including C-reactive protein and human leukocyte antigen B27, and imaging (plain radiography [x-ray] and magnetic resonance imaging of sacroiliac joints, and ultrasound of heel entheses)...
March 21, 2024: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology: Practical Reports on Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38508678/pain-sensitisation-and-joint-inflammation-in-patients-with-active-rheumatoid-arthritis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Khaldoun Chaabo, Estee Chan, Toby Garrood, Zoe Rutter-Locher, Alex Vincent, James Galloway, Sam Norton, Bruce W Kirkham
INTRODUCTION: Despite better therapies and strategies, many people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have persistent pain, often from abnormal pain processing, now termed nociplastic pain. However, RA patients with fibromyalgia (FM), a central nociplastic pain syndrome, also have power doppler ultrasound (PDUS+) joint inflammation. To understand the complex causes of pain, we performed clinical examination and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) plus comprehensive PDUS evaluation not previously combined...
March 19, 2024: RMD Open
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38466931/in-the-search-for-an-accurate-and-early-diagnosis-of-psoriatic-arthritis-is-the-key-in-ultrasound
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rubén Queiro, Estefanía Pardo
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March 11, 2024: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38457608/identification-of-early-risk-factors-for-anti-citrullinated-protein-antibody-positive-rheumatoid-arthritis-a-prospective-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alexandra Cîrciumaru, Yogan Kisten, Monika Hansson, Linda Mathsson-Alm, Vijay Joshua, Heidi Wähämaa, Malena Loberg Haarhaus, Joakim Lindqvist, Leonid Padyukov, Sergiu-Bogdan Catrina, Guozhong Fei, Nancy Vivar, Hamed Rezaei, Erik Af Klint, Aleksandra Antovic, Bence Réthi, Anca I Catrina, Aase Hensvold
OBJECTIVE: Individuals positive for anti-cyclic-peptide-antibodies (anti-CCP) and musculoskeletal complaints (MSK-C) are at risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study we aimed to investigate factors involved in arthritis progression. METHODS: Anti-CCP2-positive individuals with MSK-C referred to a rheumatologist were recruited. Individuals lacked arthritis at clinical and ultrasound examination and were followed for ≥three years or until clinical arthritis diagnosis...
March 8, 2024: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38443604/increased-carotid-intima-media-thickness-in-patients-with-radiographic-axial-spondyloarthritis-compared-to-controls-and-associations-with-markers-of-inflammation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lucy Law, Per Lindqvist, Per Liv, Urban Hellman, Kristina Lejon, Mats Geijer, Stefan Söderberg, Helena Forsblad-d'Elia
OBJECTIVE: There is an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA). In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to, overall and stratified by sex, (i) compare ultrasound derived carotid intima media thickness (cIMT), between patients and controls, and (ii) investigate associations between cIMT, clinical disease activity and inflammation-related laboratory markers in patients with r-axSpA. METHOD: In total, 155 patients diagnosed with r-axSpA using the modified New York criteria and 400 controls were included...
March 6, 2024: Clinical Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38443230/cardiovascular-event-in-a-cohort-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-patients-in-castilla-la-mancha-utility-of-carotid-ultrasound
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Marco Aurelio Ramírez Huaranga, David Velasco Sánchez, Luis Ángel Calvo Pascual, David Castro Corredor, María Dolores Mínguez Sánchez, Verónica Salas Manzanedo, Eva Revuelta Evrard, Rocío Arenal López, Joaquín Anino Fernández, Marina González Peñas, Lourdes Martin de la Sierra López, Laura María Jiménez Rodríguez, Alberto López Menchero Mora, Marcos Paulino Huertas
UNLABELLED: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has a mortality rate 1,3 to 3 times higher than the general population, with cardiovascular mortality accounting for 40-50% of cases. Currently, cardiovascular disease is considered an extraarticular manifestation of RA (OR: 1,5-4,0). Ultrasound measurement of the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery and the presence of atherosclerotic plaques (AP) is a non-invasive method and a surrogate marker of subclinical arteriosclerosis...
March 4, 2024: Reumatología clinica
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38443140/power-doppler-signal-at-the-enthesis-and-bone-erosions-are-the-most-discriminative-omeract-ultrasound-lesions-for-spa-results-from-the-deus-defining-enthesitis-on-ultrasound-in-spondyloarthritis-multicentre-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Andrea Di Matteo, Gianluca Smerilli, Stefano Di Donato, An Ran Liu, Andrea Becciolini, Federica Camarda, Tomas Cazenave, Edoardo Cipolletta, Davide Corradini, Juan José de Agustín, Giulia Maria Destro Castaniti, Eleonora Di Donato, Luca Di Geso, Emine Duran, Bayram Farisogullari, Marco Fornaro, Francesca Francioso, Pamela Giorgis, Amelia Granel, Cristina Hernández-Díaz, Rudolf Horvath, Jana Hurnakova, Diogo Jesus, Omer Karadag, Ling Li, Josefina Marin, María Victoria Martire, Xabier Michelena, Erica Moscioni, Laura Muntean, Matteo Piga, Marcos Rosemffet, João Rovisco, Didem Sahin, Fausto Salaffi, Liliana Saraiva, Crescenzio Scioscia, Maria-Magdalena Tamas, Shun Tanimura, Aliki Venetsanopoulou, Lucio Ventura-Rios, Orlando Villota, Catalina Villota-Eraso, Paraskevi V Voulgari, Gentiana Vukatana, Johana Zacariaz Hereter, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Walter Grassi, Emilio Filippucci
OBJECTIVES: To assess, in spondyloarthritis (SpA), the discriminative value of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) ultrasound lesions of enthesitis and their associations with clinical features in this population. METHODS: In this multicentre study involving 20 rheumatology centres, clinical and ultrasound examinations of the lower limb large entheses were performed in 413 patients with SpA (axial SpA and psoriatic arthritis) and 282 disease controls (osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia)...
March 5, 2024: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38441488/rheumatoid-arthritis-prediction-of-future-clinically-apparent-disease-and-prevention
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kevin D Deane
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review discusses updates in the prediction and prevention of future rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RECENT FINDINGS: In individuals with musculoskeletal symptoms and elevated antibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA) without clinical inflammatory arthritis (IA), a 'simple' score has a positive predictive value (PPV) of ∼28% for clinical IA/RA within 1 year, and a comprehensive score (including ultrasound) has a PPV of ∼71% for clinical RA within 5 years...
March 6, 2024: Current Opinion in Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38436149/tomographic-ultrasound-for-three-dimensional-visualization-of-temporal-arteries
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
M Naumovska, U Dahlstrand, L Engqvist, M Cinthio, J Albinsson, R Sheikh, A Merdasa, M Malmsjo
OBJECTIVE: Conventional two-dimensional ultrasound has been assessed for the non-invasive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA), but the results are operator dependent, resulting in low sensitivity. Tomographic three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound is a novel technique that enables the objective documentation of vessel geometry. Here, for the first time, its utility is assessed for visualizing temporal arteries. METHOD: The temporal artery of 14 healthy subjects and three subjects with suspected GCA was examined using tomographic 3D ultrasound...
March 4, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38434542/ultrasound-imaging-of-the-dorsalis-pedis-artery-as-an-early-indicator-of-the-precursory-changes-for-rheumatoid-vasculitis-a-case-series
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Robyn Boman, Stefania Penkala, Rosa H M Chan, Fredrick Joshua, Roy Tsz Hei Cheung
INTRODUCTION: Clinical verification of rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) persists as a mid-to-late diagnosis with medical imaging or biopsy. Early and subclinical presentations of RV, in particular, can remain underdiagnosed in the absence of adequate diagnostic testing. In this study, the research demonstrated the precursory changes for RV in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using non-invasive ultrasound imaging of a peripheral vessel. METHOD: Six participants were recruited: three participants with (RA) and three age- and gender-matched healthy controls...
February 2024: Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38431489/usefulness-of-ultrasound-in-clinical-decision-making-in-rheumatology-clinical-practice-a-single-center-longitudinal-study
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Marta Serrano-Warleta, Aliuska Palomeque-Vargas, Rosa Manzo, Boris Blanco-Cáceres, Mónica Vazquez-Díaz, Carlos Guillen-Astete
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study is to identify the extent to which it affects clinical decisions in a single-centre observational retrospective study. METHOD: The results of 801 requests and 1174 consecutive individual ultrasound examinations performed over 10 months were analysed. RESULTS: The most frequent indication was diagnostic assistance (39%) followed by assessment of inflammatory activity (34%). By topography, the hand was the most frequently studied region (51%), followed by the foot (18...
March 1, 2024: Reumatología clinica
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38430455/neutrophilic-activity-biomarkers-plasma-neutrophil-extracellular-traps-and-calprotectin-in-established-patients-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-receiving-biological-or-jak-inhibitors-a-clinical-and-ultrasonographic-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Beatriz Frade-Sosa, Andrés Ponce, Estíbaliz Ruiz-Ortiz, Noemí De Moner, María J Gómara, Ana Belén Azuaga, Juan C Sarmiento-Monroy, Rosa Morlà, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide, Laura Macías, Nuria Sapena, Lola Tobalina, Julio Ramirez, Juan D Cañete, Jordi Yague, Josep M Auge, José A Gomez-Puerta, Odette Viñas, Isabel Haro, Raimon Sanmarti
INTRODUCTION: This study assesses the accuracy of neutrophil activation markers, including neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and calprotectin, as biomarkers of disease activity in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We also analyse the relationship between NETs and various types of therapies as well as their association with autoimmunity. METHODS: Observational cross-sectional study of patients with RA receiving treatment with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or Janus kinase inhibitors (JAK-inhibitors) for at least 3 months...
March 2, 2024: Rheumatology and Therapy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429955/diagnostic-value-of-a-novel-salivary-gland-ultrasound-scoring-system-in-igg4-related-sialadenitis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mingzhu Zhou, Shanshan Zhang, Xiaoyan Xie, Wei Li, Li Cui, Hanxue Zhao, Sumei Tang, Xiangdong Hu, Shanshan Wu, Jiajing Peng, Huilian Huang, Wei Ren, Ying Zhang, Ning Xu, Pengfei Sun, Yiqun Liu, Zuyan Zhang, Guangyan Yu, Yanying Liu, Yin Su
OBJECTIVES: To develop a novel ultrasound scoring system for the major salivary glands in patients with immunoglobulin G4-related sialadenitis (IgG4-RS) and assess its diagnostic value in a multicenter cohort of Chinese patients. METHODS: Twenty clinicians (rheumatologists, stomatologists, and radiologists) participated. The study was conducted in four steps: (1) defining the ultrasonography (US) elements, (2) developing a novel ultrasound scoring system for US of the salivary glands, (3) evaluation of inter- and intra-reader reliabilities using the new ultrasound scoring system, and (4) assessing the diagnostic value of this novel ultrasound scoring system in IgG4-RS patients in a Chinese multicenter cohort...
March 1, 2024: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38415130/ability-of-the-european-league-against-rheumatism-outcomes-measures-in-rheumatology-combined-scoring-system-for-grading-dorsal-joint-space-synovitis-to-accurately-evaluate-ultrasound-detected-hand-synovitis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tianmin Tang, Hongyu Jin, Yujia Yang
BACKGROUND: The European League Against Rheumatism-Outcomes Measures in Rheumatology (EULAR-OMERACT) recommend only scanning dorsal spaces for scoring ultrasound-detected hand synovitis. This study evaluated the efficiency of the combined scoring system only depending on dorsal joint spaces synovitis in diagnosing and evaluating ultrasound-detected hand synovitis. METHODS: The data of 56 patients who underwent hand joint ultrasonography exams in the Ultrasound Department of West China Hospital, Sichuan University were prospectively collected...
February 1, 2024: Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38411023/predicting-flare-in-patients-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-in-biologic-induced-remission-on-tapering-and-on-stable-therapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hanna Gul, Andrea Di Matteo, Innocent Anioke, Farag Shuweidhi, Kulveer Mankia, Frederique Ponchel, Paul Emery
OBJECTIVE: The tapering of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (b-DMARD) therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in stable remission is frequently undertaken, but specific guidance on how to successfully taper is lacking. The objective of this study is to identify predictors of flare in patients in stable b-DMARD-induced clinical remission, who did or did not follow structured b-DMARD tapering. METHODS: Patients with RA receiving b-DMARD treatment who had achieved sustained remission according to a Disease Activity Score in 28 joints using the C-reactive protein level (DAS28-CRP) <2...
February 27, 2024: ACR open rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38408848/differences-in-the-perceptions-of-patients-with-primary-biliary-cholangitis-and-physicians-from-various-hospital-departments-an-online-survey
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yan Sheng Liu, Gui Jia, Da Wei Ding, Lin Hua Zheng, Rui Qing Sun, Xiu Fang Wang, Juan Deng, Chun Mei Yang, Li Na Cui, Chang Cun Guo, Yu Long Shang, Ying Han
OBJECTIVES: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic autoimmune liver disease that affects the quality of life (QoL) of patients. This study aimed to evaluate the differences in perceptions of PBC among physicians from different hospital departments and patients with PBC. METHODS: An online survey regarding the general knowledge, diagnosis, and management of PBC was completed by physicians and patients. RESULTS: A total of 239 patients with PBC and 239 physicians from eight hospital departments (gastroenterology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, hepatobiliary surgery, pathology, clinical laboratory, ultrasound, and radiology) completed the survey...
January 2024: Journal of Digestive Diseases
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