Publications by authors named "Rosa Fornons-Servent"
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- - The study analyzed the survival rate and interruption risks of adalimumab (ADA) treatment in 539 adult patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), providing insights before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
- - Findings revealed that about 39.92% of patients interrupted ADA, with the main reasons being inefficacy (51.69%) and adverse effects (21.35%); ADA showed a median overall drug survival of 56.2 months.
- - Factors like female gender, prolonged HS diagnosis, and higher HS severity correlated with decreased ADA survival, while post-pandemic trends included younger patients starting treatment at a lower HS stage.
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- A 63-year-old woman developed dermatomyositis after receiving a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, showing severe pulmonary involvement and testing positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies.
- Her sister, who was the donor, also developed dermatomyositis but tested positive for anti-PL7 antibodies instead.
- This case raises questions about a possible shared genetic predisposition for autoimmune diseases in transplant recipients and donors, as it is notably rare for both individuals to develop dermatomyositis following the procedure.
Granuloma Annulare: a Case-control Study of Possible Associated Diseases.
Dermatol Pract Concept
November 2022
Introduction: Granuloma annulare (GA) has been reported as associated with multiple diseases, mainly diabetes mellitus (DM), thyroid diseases, and dyslipidemia. However, the high prevalence of some of these illnesses makes it difficult to assess whether the association is real or fortuitous.
Objectives: Our objective was to analyze the clinical features of GA patients and the possible associations.
Despite being benign tumors, hibernomas show intense fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake, as they are derived from brown fat, which is frequently seen as hypermetabolic fatty areas on PET/CT. We present the case of a patient with cutaneous melanoma, diagnosed with a cervical hibernoma mimicking a metastatic lymph node at fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT. Being aware of the metabolic behavior and radiologic appearance of this entity may prevent reporting false-positive lesions, especially in an oncologic setting.
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