Severe pyogenic infections in patients taking infliximab: a regional cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of severe pyogenic infections in rheumatology patients taking infliximab in everyday practice.

Methods: Regional prospective cohort study of patients taking infliximab for rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis with data collection on standardized forms. The medical records of patients with severe pyogenic infections were subjected to a detailed retrospective review.

[Lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts: imaging and treatment by percutaneous injection. Report of thirteen cases].

Purpose: The CT and MR imaging findings in 13patients with lumbar intra spinal synovial cysts were retrospectively analysed and the results of facet corticosteroid injection were evaluated.

Patients And Methods: Over a 7 year period, 13patients with radicular pain were identified as having lumbar intra spinal synovial cysts. They ranged from 42 to 87 years of age.