Add to ORKGsteonecrosis (ON) is a well known morbidity of several rheumatic diseases, usually affecting the hip, knee, shoulder, and ankle. The involvement of multi-ple or atypical sites by ON has been reported, especially in association with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Rib infarction has been reported as a painful crisis of sickle cell disease, but has not been reported in rheumatic diseases. I describe here the first case of rib infarcts which developed in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). CASE REPORT A 36 year old woman with hand oedema, Raynaud’s phenomenon, and polyarthritis of both hands was diagnosed as having MCTD 3 years ago. She had deep venous thromboses in both legs ...
Background:The term mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was coined by Sharp and colleagues in 197...
appearing subclavian artery. Fig. 2: Left Subclavian Angiogram of the same patient after inspiratio...
A 20 year old Caucasian male, with a history of uncorrected cyanotic congenital heart disease, prese...
steonecrosis (ON) is a well known morbidity of several rheumatic diseases, usually affecting the hip...
ibroblastic rheumatism (FR) is a rare disorder of unknown cause first described in 1980.1 We here re...
Background: Osteonecrosis is the death of bone tissue due to the interruption of the blood supply. I...
AIM: We are presenting an uncommon case of pulmonary embolism, followed with an acute myocardial inf...
In the absence of evidence for pneumonia or pulmonary embolus, primary pulmonary infarction has been...
Abstract: Clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) include repeated episodes of ar...
A 55-year-old man presented with systemic vasculitis complicating long-standing classical rheumatoid...
Polymyositis (PM) is usually associated to other autoimmune or connective tissue diseases. The autho...
A 61-year-old female suffered from disseminated joint pain (both hands, elbows, knees, ankles) with ...
Digital vasculitis complicating RA is not infrequent and is usually benign but may herald the onset ...
This case presents a patient with congenital cyanotic heart disease in whom secondary hypertrophic o...
A 22-year-old female presented with polyarthritis and subsequent polymyositis. Initially, she had mo...
Background:The term mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was coined by Sharp and colleagues in 197...
appearing subclavian artery. Fig. 2: Left Subclavian Angiogram of the same patient after inspiratio...
A 20 year old Caucasian male, with a history of uncorrected cyanotic congenital heart disease, prese...
steonecrosis (ON) is a well known morbidity of several rheumatic diseases, usually affecting the hip...
ibroblastic rheumatism (FR) is a rare disorder of unknown cause first described in 1980.1 We here re...
Background: Osteonecrosis is the death of bone tissue due to the interruption of the blood supply. I...
AIM: We are presenting an uncommon case of pulmonary embolism, followed with an acute myocardial inf...
In the absence of evidence for pneumonia or pulmonary embolus, primary pulmonary infarction has been...
Abstract: Clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) include repeated episodes of ar...
A 55-year-old man presented with systemic vasculitis complicating long-standing classical rheumatoid...
Polymyositis (PM) is usually associated to other autoimmune or connective tissue diseases. The autho...
A 61-year-old female suffered from disseminated joint pain (both hands, elbows, knees, ankles) with ...
Digital vasculitis complicating RA is not infrequent and is usually benign but may herald the onset ...
This case presents a patient with congenital cyanotic heart disease in whom secondary hypertrophic o...
A 22-year-old female presented with polyarthritis and subsequent polymyositis. Initially, she had mo...
Background:The term mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was coined by Sharp and colleagues in 197...
appearing subclavian artery. Fig. 2: Left Subclavian Angiogram of the same patient after inspiratio...
A 20 year old Caucasian male, with a history of uncorrected cyanotic congenital heart disease, prese...