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Trying to Parse True Meaning of Pain Can Be Challenging for Rheumatologists

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | March 15, 2016

Discussing aching joints, sore muscles and tender limbs is all in our day’s work. We are rheumatologists; we deal in misery. But trying to parse the true meaning of these terms is among the most vexing of clinical challenges.

Rheumatology Case Report: When Moyamoya Disease Mimicks Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis

Joey Kim, MD, Megha Patel-Banker, MD, Matthew Abramson, MD, Mehwish Bilal, MD, Sanjay Godhwani, MD, Asha Patnaik, MD, Heidi Roppelt, MD, & Qingping Yao, MD | November 16, 2015

Case report: A 60-year-old Hispanic male with poorly controlled hypertension was sent from the primary care clinic for evaluation of malignant hypertension with a systolic blood pressure above 200 mmHg. His symptoms at the time of presentation included episodic confusion, worsening vision and an unsteady gait. A head computed tomography (CT) scan showed a subacute…

Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Pulmonary Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Joy-Ann Tabanor, MD, Hyun Bae, MD, Girish Sonpal, MD, & Karlene Williams, MD | August 17, 2015

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune condition characterized by hypercoagulability often manifested as recurrent thrombosis or pregnancy complications, with persistently circulating antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies or lupus anticoagulant. Catastrophic APS (CAPS), also known as Asherson syndrome, occurs in less than 1% of cases of APS and involves occlusive microangiopathy in at least three organ systems.1 Case…

Evidence Lacking for Tests for Psoriasis Patients Using Biologic Agents

Will Boggs, MD | July 25, 2015

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Various organizations recommend dozens of screening and monitoring tests for patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who are using systemic biologic agents, despite sparse evidence to support any of them. “At a population level, these medications have proven to be very safe and the evidence does not support such extensive and frequent…

Trying to Parse True Meaning of Pain Can Be Challenging for Rheumatologists

Rheumatology Case Report: When Moyamoya Disease Mimicks Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis

Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Pulmonary Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Evidence Lacking for Tests for Psoriasis Patients Using Biologic Agents

Can DIY Medicine Tame Rampaging Healthcare Costs?

Seizures in Lupus

Proptosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Laboratory Testing for Diagnosis, Management of Patients with Rheumatic Disease

Autoimmune Myelofibrosis: A Case Review

Lessons Learned from a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis