IgG4 disease is a multi-systemic condition involving pancreas, salivary glands and lymph nodes. Less frequently, it causes interstitial nephritis and involves the lungs. We report a 58 years old male with a four years history of hemoptysis and renal dysfunction characterized by hematuria and proteinuria,...
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas. The mechanism of the disease
is not completely known. However, AIP shows cellular and humoral immunity elements, the most important being helper and regulatory T lymphocytes as well as B-lymphocytes and plasmocytes, participating
i...
ABSTRACT Orofacial manifestations occur frequently in rheumatic diseases and usually represent early signs of disease or of its activity that are still neglected in clinical practice. Among the autoimmune rheumatic diseases with potential for oral manifestations, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory m...
We report an asymptomatic 23-year-old woman with an isolated and persistent increase in serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST). An extensive work up including laboratory and image testing revealed no abnormalities thus suggesting the presence of macro-AST. A polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitat...
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies(IIM) are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the skeletal muscle. On the basis of clinical, serologic and histological differences, they are classified in dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), inclusion body myositis and immunomediated necrotizing myopathy. Auto...
Argentina,
Autoanticuerpos/análisis,
Enfermedades Autoinmunes/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades Autoinmunes/inmunología,
Enfermedades Autoinmunes/patología,
Biopsia,
Dermatomiositis/diagnóstico,
Dermatomiositis/inmunología,
Dermatomiositis/patología,
Polimiositis/inmunología,
Valores de Referencia,
Músculo Esquelético/patología
As lesões sólidas do pâncreas são constituídas, na maioria dos casos, pelo adenocarcinoma ductal. Contudo parcela considerável de casos apresentam lesões de outra natureza, as quais requerem abordagens cirúrgicas menos extensas ou tratamento clínico conservador com quimio ou corticoterapia. Nest...
Las enfermedades autoinmunes son un grupo de enfermedades de relativo reciente conocimiento. Muchas de ellas están genéticamente determinadas (excepto el síndrome de PFAPA). Se caracterizan por episodios recurrentes de fiebre asociada a síntomas que generalmente pueden comprometer la piel, sistema m...
Aunque pueda parecer paradójico, las inmunodeficiencias primarias y la secundaria a infección por VIH frecuentemente se complican con enfermedades autoinmunes. Esto debido a la desregulación del sistema inmune y a la activación policlonal debida a infecciones recurrentes.
Se revisan diversas enfermed...
