Necrotizing enterocolitis in adults (ECNA) is a disease of uncertain etiology, very rare, with very few cases described in the literature and with high mortality. There is a strong correlation between vascular and infectious events involved in the pathogenesis of massive intestinal necrosis in this entity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Analyse clinical and bone metabolism features in a case series of patients with multiple vertebral fractures after discontinuation of denosumab (DMab).
Methods: An observational descriptive study analysing data from ten patients with multiple vertebral fractures after DMab discontinuation that were admitted to our rheumatology department between 2015 and 2018.
Results: There were a total of 49 spontaneous fractures after an average of 6 DMab doses and 10.
Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed)
May 2020
Disseminated gonococcal infection is a rare presentation of the sexually transmitted pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Here, we report the case of a 64-year-old woman with disseminated gonococcal infection, which started with symptoms of oligoarthritis and malaise. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was identified in the carpal synovial fluid.
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