An overview of highlights from the 2025 ECIM meeting, including research on treatment options for systemic sclerosis, the management of PMR & autoimmune testing.


An overview of highlights from the 2025 ECIM meeting, including research on treatment options for systemic sclerosis, the management of PMR & autoimmune testing.

Pulmonary hypertension and Raynaud’s phenomenon are just some of the symptoms patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) may experience. Here are insights into the diagnosis and management of SSc.

Logan Oliver, MD, & Jason J. Weiner, MD, FACP, FACR |
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis is a rare autoimmune condition characterized by inflammation of small- and medium-sized vessels. ANCA-associated vasculitis can lead to multisystem organ complications, including life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage, renal failure and death. We present a case of ANCA-associated vasculitis complicated by complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy (c-TMA). Of the rheumatic diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus…

Many rheumatologists may not be trained to properly identify the signs of skin disease in patients with dark skin, but in this ACR Convergence session, experts provide practical guidance for diagnosis.

Donald Thomas, MD, FACP, FACR, RhMSUS, & Jason Liebowitz, MD |
“ANA’s are some of most commonly ordered tests but what exactly are they and what do you do with a positive ANA? Check out the Editor’s Pick for October to learn more,” says Physician Editor Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS.

Most Sunday mornings, I make myself an exceptional cup of pour-over coffee and sit down on my deck with the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. I check out the image of the week. I read the case report with pen in hand, racing to diagnose the patient before the authors spill…

Vineetha Philip, MD, MPH, Myriam Guevara, MD, Angelina Edwards, MD, & Ziad M. El-Zaatari, MD |
Kidney involvement is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Collectively termed lupus nephritis, SLE with kidney involvement comes in many subtypes. The current classification by the International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS), however, does not include lupus podocytopathy, which, through various clinical and epidemiologic studies, has recently been…

SAN DIEGO—At ACR Convergence 2023, Philip Seo, MD, MHS, presented an overview of clinical updates in rheumatology from the past year.

Jagmohan S. Jandu, MD, MA, Sri Harsha Boppana, MD, Prahlad A. Reddy, MD, & Atigadda N. Reddy, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF |
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare gastrointestinal pathological process defined by the presence of gas within the layers of the intestinal wall, commonly within the mucosa and submucosa of the small and large intestines.2,3 PCI has been described in the literature in association with various connective tissue diseases, including scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease,…

Ibtissam Gad, MD, Firas Askar, MD, Sudhaker Rao, MD, & Ayad Alhatib, MD |
Hajdu-Cheney syndrome (HCS) is a rare connective tissue disease, with fewer than 100 cases reported worldwide.1 Hallmark features include acro-osteolysis (i.e., resorption of the distal phalanges of the hands and feet), osteoporosis, facial dysmorphisms, and craniofacial and dental abnormalities. Patients often have short stature and can have neuroanatomical deformities causing intellectual disabilities. These patients can…