Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that inhibits the body's immune system that induces inflammation in the injured areas of the body. It is commonly caused the joints of the palms, wrists, and knees. An inflaming rheumatoid arthritis joint contributes to joint tissue damage. ...
We report a case of aortitis associated with RA and reviewed 24 cases among 13 publications on RA aortitis. To identify published cases of RA aortitis, we performed a PubMed search using the following terms: “rheumatoid arthritis”, “autoimmune disorder”, “aortitis”, “Takayasu aortitis”, ...
Background:Severe extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis usually occur in advanced stages of the disease. In particular, ocular involvement may lead to inflammatory corneal ulceration, in which therapy is challenging owing to its associat
B cells are postulated to be central in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we use exploratory mass cytometry (n = 23) and next-generation sequencing (n = 19) to study B-cell repertoire shifts in RA patients. Expression of several B-cell markers were significantly differen...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common chronic inflammatory joint disease. Multiple scientific articles have documented that vaccinations for influenza, MMR, and HBV, to name a few, could be triggers of RA in genetically predisposed individuals. However, there is limited data regarding the as...
Its joint performance may easily mimic rheumatoid arthritis. Patient concerns: We report a case of a 57-year-old woman diagnosed with Hansen disease 10 years ago, who suffered from joints swelling, pain and joints deformities of both hands for 19 years. The skin on the hands showed rashes, ...
Anthrax vaccine: First report of rheumatoid arthritis: case reporthttp://journals.cambridge.org/cover_images/ITI/ITI.jpgdoi:10.1017/S016511530000704XItinerarioCambridge University PressItinerario
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology characterized by synovial hyperplasia and resulting joint destruction. Despite reduced needs for total joint arthroplasty in the treatment of end-stage damage of the hip and knee in RA, many patients still ...
Our case report is 41 years old, Indian lady who presented to our primary health care centre complaining of multiple small hand joints pain, both elbows and knees pain with swelling of them and prolonged morning stiffness, diagnosed seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (arthritis, positive ...
Case report 1 A 46-year-old woman, initially diagnosed as having rheu- matoid arthritis in May 2000, was treated with methotrexate 12.5 mg weekly for 10 years. Due to progressive arthralgia and severe morning stiffness, despite lack of bony erosions, treat- ment with methotrexate was ...