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Some Rheumatic Diseases Tied to Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19

Megan Brooks  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Patients with some inflammatory rheumatic conditions are at higher risk for hospital-diagnosed COVID-19 infection compared with the general population, but it depends on the condition and therapy used to treat it, according to a study from Spain. It’s now clear that older patients and those with some common diseases are at increased…

Clinical Pearls: What We Know About Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

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ACR BEYOND LIVE—Much, if not all, of rheumatology relies on clinical interpretation of historical, laboratory and imaging information to formulate a coherent diagnosis and treatment plan—even when such information is incomplete or has multiple possible interpretations. One of the best examples of this situation pertains to nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), a condition that is just…

The initial physical examination was significant for a nonblanching, papular rash along the palmar aspects of the hands and digits, periungual erythema, and edema and tenderness of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands.

Case Report: A Patient with Clinically Amyotrophic Dermatomyositis & Associated ILD & RA Overlap

Vania Lin, MD, MPH, & Leah Krull, MD  |  

Clinically amyotrophic dermatomyositis (CADM), a subset of dermatomyositis (DM), is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by typical DM cutaneous findings (e.g., heliotrope rash, Gottron papules, Gottron sign) without evidence of myositis.1 The incidence of DM and CADM is approximately 9.63 per 1 million people and 2.08 per 1 million people, respectively.2 The association with development…

3 U.S. Children with COVID-19 Have Rare Inflammatory Syndrome

Julie Steenhuysen  |  

CHICAGO (Reuters)—Three U.S. children infected with the coronavirus are being treated for a rare inflammatory syndrome that appears similar to one that has raised concerns by doctors in Britain, Italy and Spain, a specialist treating the patients told Reuters. All three—who range in age from 6 months to 8 years—have undergone treatment at Columbia University…

The Latest Advances in Sjögren’s, Scleroderma, RA, Gout & More

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ATLANTA—At the ACR/ARP 2019 Annual Meeting, several widely renowned experts across an array of specialty subjects provided a comprehensive and compelling review of advances in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of a number of rheumatologic conditions. Sjögren’s Syndrome Frederick Vivino, MD, FACR, chief of rheumatology at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and professor of clinical medicine…

Case Report: A Patient’s Clubbing & Arthralgias Resist Diagnosis

Theodore Korty, DO, & Adam Grunbaum, DO  |  

A 59-year-old woman presented to our rheumatology clinic with a six-month history of a symmetric polyarthritis. She initially experienced pain in both knees. As time progressed, she began to notice pain in her ankles, hips, shoulders, hands and feet. She experienced joint stiffness lasting for more than 30 minutes every morning. She also described worsening…