Publications by authors named "Zoi Tziortzioti"
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the active and chronic lesions in sacroiliac joints and lumbar spine over a decade of TNFi therapy in patients with AS.
Methods: The study enrolled patients with AS under treatment with a TNFi for over a decade. The patients underwent a new MRI scan of their lumbar spine and sacroiliac joint (SIJ).
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- A case of a 48-year-old woman with SLE and Sjogren's Syndrome showed headaches and painful ocular movements, with imaging revealing muscle thickening in her eyes, but no other systemic issues were found.
- Reviewing 13 additional cases of OM, mostly in women averaging 43.6 years old, highlighted common symptoms like eye pain and swelling, with steroid treatment often leading to symptom resolution, indicating the need for vigilance in diagnosing OM in SLE patients.
Background. Patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease compared with the general population. We hypothesized that cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) could identify cardiac abnormalities in patients with IJD and atypical symptoms unexplained by routine clinical evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with psoriasis. Pulmonary involvement is a rare extra-articular manifestation of the disease characterized by rigidity of the chest wall and apical pulmonary fibrosis. Pleural effusion is uncommon in PsA.
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