Publications by authors named "Swetha Chittipolu"
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- * The patient initially experienced skin sensitivity, which progressed to severe skin tightening and decreased mobility, with a clinical examination revealing changes in her extremities but no signs of sclerodactyly or Raynaud's phenomenon.
- * Lab tests indicated eosinophilia and a specific immune response, and while low-dose steroids were prescribed, further treatment with the immunomodulator methotrexate led to an improvement in her symptoms and skin condition.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can affect the auditory system either as a direct complication of the disease course or secondary to medication adverse effects. Rheumatoid arthritis-induced autoimmune inner ear disease can present as tinnitus, conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), or mixed. According to previously published articles, SNHL is the most common hearing loss in RA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTakayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis of unknown etiology which primarily affects the aorta. The manifestations of this disease include secondary hypertension, reduced pulses, limb claudication, discrepant blood pressure, arterial bruits, and heart failure due to aortic insufficiency or coronary artery disease. The ophthalmological findings are late manifestations.
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