Association of inflammatory biomarkers and disease activity with subclinical myocardial dysfunction in psoriatic arthritis.

We examined the role of adipokines and pro-inflammatory cytokines in psoriatic arthritis-associated subclinical myocardial dysfunction, and the relationship between these variables and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) disease activity. Fifty-five PsA patients without cardiovascular risk factors and 25 controls underwent standard and speckle tracking echocardiography with global longitudinal strain (GLS) calculated. Standard anthropometric data and Disease Activity in Psoriatic arthritis (DAPSA) scores were recorded, with low disease activity defined as DAPSA ≤ 14 and moderate and high disease activity DAPSA > 14.

Phantom tumor of the lung: localized interlobar effusion in congestive heart failure.

Localized interlobar effusions in congestive heart failure (phantom or vanishing lung tumor/s) is/are uncommon but well known entities. An 83-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, swollen legs, and dry cough enduring five days. Chest-X-ray (CXR) revealed massive sharply demarked round/oval homogeneous dense shadow 10 × 7 cm in size in the right inferior lobe.