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Full-Text Articles in Rheumatology
Biliary Dyskinesia In Stiff Person Syndrome: An Association Between Reduced Gaba Production And Gastroenteric Dysmotility, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Nirav Agrawal, Shire Chaudhry, Adrien Mazer
Biliary Dyskinesia In Stiff Person Syndrome: An Association Between Reduced Gaba Production And Gastroenteric Dysmotility, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Nirav Agrawal, Shire Chaudhry, Adrien Mazer
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Stiff person syndrome (SPS) and biliary dyskinesia are two rare but potentially debilitating conditions that can significantly impact quality of life. SPS is a rare neurological disorder characterized by muscle stiffness, rigidity, and muscle spasms that primarily affect the trunk and limbs and is associated with extra-axial manifestations involving the gastrointestinal tract. Biliary dyskinesia is a gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abnormal gallbladder emptying, leading to symptoms of intense abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Despite their distinct clinical presentations, studies have suggested a possible connection between the two disorders. This link may be due to involvement of similar neurotransmitters and autoantibodies …
Rheumatoid Vasculitis Presenting With Incidental Renal Infarcts: Case Report And Literature Review, Fatima Halilu, Howard Hauptman
Rheumatoid Vasculitis Presenting With Incidental Renal Infarcts: Case Report And Literature Review, Fatima Halilu, Howard Hauptman
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Rheumatoid vasculitis is a rare and late complication of rheumatoid arthritis, affecting small to medium sized vessels. Inflammation in the vessel wall produces an occlusive vasculopathy with downstream infarction. We present the case of a 70-year-old female with long standing stable RA status post recent COVID-19 vaccination admitted with community acquired Legionnaires disease found to have an incidental renal infarct on chest imaging without a clear etiology. She improved from a respiratory standpoint but then had a fever spike with repeat imaging showing a second renal infarct and CT angiography showing extensive beading with aneurysmal dilation in the bilateral hepatic …
Lupus Enteritis In The Absence Of A Lupus Flare. A Case Report And Review Of Literature, Fatima Halilu, Anum Qureshi, Brenton Nash
Lupus Enteritis In The Absence Of A Lupus Flare. A Case Report And Review Of Literature, Fatima Halilu, Anum Qureshi, Brenton Nash
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Lupus enteritis is a rare manifestation seen in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Its diagnosis can be challenging as symptoms frequently overlap many gastrointestinal disorders, imaging findings are not specific, and endoscopic features are infrequently diagnostic. Moreover, enteritis can occur in isolation without other systemic manifestations or even elevated inflammatory markers (1). Here is presented the case of a 22-year-old female with known SLE manifested by lupus nephritis complicated by end-stage renal disease who presented with abdominal pain. She had leukocytosis with thickened bowel loops, ascites, “target sign”, “comb sign” and patent abdominal vessels on CT imaging. The differential diagnoses considered …
Evidence-Based Role Of Aspirin In Giant Cell Arteritis: A Literature Review, Anum Qureshi, Fatima Halilu, Sam W. Serafi, Howard Hauptman, Tristan Flack
Evidence-Based Role Of Aspirin In Giant Cell Arteritis: A Literature Review, Anum Qureshi, Fatima Halilu, Sam W. Serafi, Howard Hauptman, Tristan Flack
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), or temporal arteritis, is a medium to large vessel vasculitis seen in the elderly. Its presentation varies from fever of unknown origin to cranial ischemic complications including complete vision loss. The early initiation of steroids is key to preventing complications of GCA. Here we discuss the role of aspirin in the treatment of GCA, both as an antithrombotic agent and its increasingly utilized antiinflammatory properties. The aim of this review article is to examine the evidence behind the rationale of aspirin use as an adjunct to steroids for the prevention of cranial ischemic complications.
Baffling Case Of A Patient With History Of Lupus In A Covid-19 Pandemic, Anum Qureshi, Kia Persaud, Fatima Halilu, Ji Hyun Rhee
Baffling Case Of A Patient With History Of Lupus In A Covid-19 Pandemic, Anum Qureshi, Kia Persaud, Fatima Halilu, Ji Hyun Rhee
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with a myriad of clinical presentations and periodic flares. We present a case of a young lady with a history of SLE who presented with constitutional symptoms 1 week after starting Isoniazid and Rifampin for treatment of latent TB. Her presentation shared similarities with several diseases including TB lymphadenitis, SLE flare, Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) posing a diagnostic dilemma. Additionally, she presented not long after the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, further expanding the differential diagnosis. She was ultimately diagnosed with a severe SLE flare caused by rifampin …