Relationship between nailfold capillaroscopy findings and the etiology and prognosis of interstitial lung disease.

Objectives: Connective tissue-associated interstitial lung diseases (CTD-ILD) are believed to be caused by microvascular damage. The objective of this study was to assess the nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) pattern in patients diagnosed with both CTD-ILD and non-CTD-ILD to identify microvascular changes and determine the relation between capillaroscopic parameters, clinical variables, and disease-related measurements.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 95 patients with interstitial lung disease who applied to our Rheumatology and Chest Clinics between September 2021 and July 2023.

Central sensitization significantly deteriorates functionality and the interpretation of self-reported disease activity in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Background: Central sensitization has a major role in health-related parameters in musculoskeletal conditions. There is still a lack of understanding regarding the impact of central sensitization on the interpretation of disease activity and functional disability in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS).

Methods: The Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) was used to screen for central sensitization.

Evaluation of the relationship between blood cell markers and inflammation, disease activity, and general health status in ankylosing spondylitis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the relation of systemic immune inflammation index, systemic inflammation response index, and systemic inflammation aggregate index with disease activity, functional status, and general health status in ankylosing spondylitis.

Methods: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis and healthy volunteers were included in this cross-sectional study. Demographic data; disease activity measurements such as the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score with C-reactive protein, and the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score with erythrocyte sedimentation rate; functional status such as the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index; and general health status such as the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society Health Index of the patients were recorded.

Biopsychosocial factors should be considered when evaluating central sensitization in axial spondyloarthritis.

To identify the determinants of central sensitization (CS) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) was used to determine CS frequency. Disease-related variables including Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS-CRP/-ESR), Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score (MASES), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (ASQoL) and Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) were assessed.

Microvascular damage evaluation based on nailfold videocapillarosopy in sarcoidosis.

Objectives: Microvascular damage is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. We aimed to evaluate the nailfold capillaroscopy (NVC) pattern to detect microvascular changes in patients with sarcoidosis and the relationship of capillaroscopic parameters with clinical variables and disease-related measurements.

Patients And Methods: Forty-two patients with sarcoidosis and 42 age- and sex-matched patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and healthy individuals were included in this cross-sectional case-control study.

Adult case of chronic granulomatous disease mimicking granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Background: This article presents a patient who was initially diagnosed as having granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), and was later diagnosed as having chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) in adulthood. We aimed to raise awareness of CGD, which can be confused with rheumatic diseases.

Case Report: We present a 33-year-old male patient with CGD with recurrent opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections who was diagnosed as having GPA, and had a history of recurrent lung infections and brain abscesses since childhood.