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Is It Behcet’s? Review Course Offers Diagnosis Tips

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Behçet’s disease (BD) is not a common condition, but we frequently receive referrals to evaluate for it in rheumatology clinics because a patient has oral or genital ulcers. So what’s Behçet’s and what’s not? How can we tell the difference? At the ACR Convergence 2024 Review Course, Johannes Nowatzky, MD, director, New York University…

Case Report: Dermato-Neuro Syndrome Recurrence after a Viral Infection

Case Report: Dermato-Neuro Syndrome Recurrence after a Viral Infection

Fazila Aseem, MD, MPH, Alexander D. Jeffs, MD, Enid Y. Sun, MD, MPH, Randaline R. Barnett, MD, Courtney Blodgett, AG-ACNP, Winnie Lau, MD, Casey Olm-Shipman, MD, MS, Matthew F. Sharrock, MD, Rhonda Cadena, MD, Yueh. Z. Lee, MD, PhD, Alfredo C. Rivadeneira, MD, & Clio A. Rubinos, MD, MS  |  

Scleromyxedema is a primary cutaneous mucinosis characterized by a diffuse and generalized papular skin eruption of mucinous deposits throughout the upper dermis. In addition to dermatologic manifestations, scleromyxedema may involve the cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal and nervous systems. Dermato-neuro syndrome (DNS) is a rare, severe neurologic complication of scleromyxedema.1,2 The pathogenesis of DNS is unknown, but…

Fellows Forum Case Report: Neuromyelitis Optica

Atul Kapila, MD, Tayseer Haroun, MBBS, & Jayanth Doss, MD  |  

Case Presentation The patient was a 42-year-old African American female diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) based on the findings of polyarthritis, malar and discoid rash, fatigue, positive double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) ribonucleoprotein and Smith antibodies, and low serum complement levels. Her SLE had been well controlled on hydroxychloroquine 400 mg daily, oral methotrexate 25 mg…

Metagenomic Deep Sequencing for Uveitis Enhances Traditional Diagnostic Testing

Thuy Doan, MD, PhD, Michael R. Wilson, MD, MAS, & Joseph L. DeRisi, PhD  |  

Throughout their training and practice, physicians become adept at pattern recognition as a means to efficiently connect and synthesize seemingly disparate laboratory, physical exam, and radiologic and historical findings into a coherent theory for what likely ails the patient sitting in front of them. This inductive method of reasoning is necessary because, based on these…

Research in Temporal Arteritis Suggests Link with Infection, Autoimmune Disease

Shamik Bhattacharyya, MD, MS  |  

Temporal arteritis was first described by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson in 1890 in an elderly retired gentleman’s servant who developed red, painful streaks on his temples and was found to have bilaterally swollen temporal arteries with feeble pulses.1 Sir Hutchinson disputed the suggestion that the red streaks were caused by the man’s hat and, instead, called…