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Full-Text Articles in Rheumatology
When Treating Sick Joints Harms Lungs, Ixekizumab Induced Pleural Effusion, Rami Batarseh, Kyle Smith, Mohammed Al-Ourani, Amro K. Al-Astal
When Treating Sick Joints Harms Lungs, Ixekizumab Induced Pleural Effusion, Rami Batarseh, Kyle Smith, Mohammed Al-Ourani, Amro K. Al-Astal
Marshall Journal of Medicine
Immunological therapies have provided a multitude of new and effective treatment strategies for various disease states. While monoclonal antibody therapy benefits many patients, side effects are widely variable. here we present a case of pleural effusion complicating psoriatic arthritis treatment.
How Rare Is Isolated Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease?, Edme R. Mustafa, Octavian Istrătoaie, Roxana Mandia, Georgică C. Târtea, Cristina Florescu
How Rare Is Isolated Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease?, Edme R. Mustafa, Octavian Istrătoaie, Roxana Mandia, Georgică C. Târtea, Cristina Florescu
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
The incidence of rheumatic fever (RF) has markedly decreased in Europe since the beginning of the 20th century due to improved living conditions, early antibiotic therapy in streptococcal pharyngitis, and changes in serotypes of circulating streptococci. Isolated outbreaks of RF are still found in various parts of the world and the disease has changed its presentation with milder joint symptoms and subclinical carditis that make the correct diagnosis more difficult. Patients can present many years later with severe valve disease and significant disability. This article presents a case of isolated rheumatic tricuspid valve disease that presented with signs and symptoms …