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Rheumatology (Oxford)
January 2025
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and clinical associations of anti-C1q antibodies in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), focusing on renal involvement and cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis (CSVV).
Methods: We enrolled patients who met the revised 2020 Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria and/or the 2019 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for IgG4-RD. Variables included demographics, organ involvement, clinical phenotypes, disease activity, serum biomarkers, follow-up duration, remission, and relapses.
HCA Healthc J Med
December 2024
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX.
Introduction: Bortezomib is a reversible proteasome inhibitor that is a first-line chemotherapeutic agent for multiple myeloma. Bortezomib can be administered intravenously or subcutaneously with similar efficacy. Subcutaneous administration has fewer side effects.
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December 2024
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans - Baton Rouge Regional Campus. Electronic address:
When an understanding of pathogenesis exists, skin lesions that have the appearance of blood in the skin can provide insight into the mechanisms leading to a systemic process that results in cutaneous manifestations. Of the vascular disturbances of the skin that occur in critically ill patients, some result from a non-hemorrhagic process while occurs represent bleeding into the skin. The lesions of livedo, petechiae, purpura, and ecchymoses can be approached from such a perspective.
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October 2024
Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
Patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis occasionally present with cutaneous manifestations, which are important clues for the early diagnosis. Although pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcers are rarely observed, a unique case with unusual clinical features is presented herein. A 75-year-old woman with positive proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA) repeatedly developed aseptic abscesses on the abdomen, buttock, lower legs, and forearms.
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November 2024
Paediatrics, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, ARE.
Acute Haemorrhagic Oedema of Infancy (AHOI), also known as Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy (AHEI), is characterized by purpuric skin lesions, edema, and fever. It is classified as a form of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Clinically, AHOI presents with targetoid, purplish spots on the face and limbs, accompanied by the sudden onset of peripheral edema.
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