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Front Oncol
October 2024
Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Oncology Unit, Sant' Andrea University Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Immunotherapy is increasingly used in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), offering a significant anti-tumor response, as well as causing rising immune-related adverse effects. The incidence of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced myocarditis-myositis-myasthenia gravis is increasing and particularly concerning due to its high mortality rate. Prompt recognition, diagnosis, and management are crucial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoexisting anti-MDA5 and anti-PL-7 antibodies are extremely rare. Anti-MDA5 is associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD), while anti-PL-7 is often associated with chronic or subacute ILD and better outcomes than RP-ILD. We report a 41-year-old woman diagnosed with dermatomyositis (DM)-associated ILD positive for anti-MDA5 and anti-PL-7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomedicines
December 2022
Department of Cardiology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Background: The clinical presentation of SARS-CoV-2 varies from patient to patient. The most common findings noted were respiratory tract infections, of different severity grades. In some cases, multi-organ damage was noted.
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November 2022
Department of Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Most of the infected individuals have recovered without complications, but a few patients develop multiple organ involvements. Previous reports suggest an association between COVID-19 and various inflammatory myopathies, in addition to autoimmune diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReumatologia
September 2022
Ternopil Regional Children's Hospital, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a heterogeneous autoimmune inflammatory myositis with symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and a characteristic rash. Juvenile dermatomyositis is characterized by variable presentation and phenotypes. Detection of myositis autoantibodies is useful in improving JDM diagnosis and predicting the prognosis.
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