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Precordial pain, leukocytosis and bicytopenia in a teenager with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis under immunosuppressive therapy

ABSTRACT Objective: To highlight the importance of the new classification criteria for the macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in order to reduce morbidity and mortality outcome related to this disease. Case description: A 12-year-old female patient with dia...

Hypogammaglobulinemia: a diagnosis that must not be overlooked

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (10), 2019
Humoral immunological defects are frequent and important causes of hypogammaglobulinemia, leading to recurrent infections, autoimmunity, allergies, and neoplasias. Usually, its onset occurs in childhood or during the second and third decades of life; however, the diagnosis is made, on average, 6 to 7 yea...

Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the treatment of systemic autoimmune myopathies

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: Recommendations of the Myopathy Committee of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the management and therapy of systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAM). Main body: The review of the literature was done in the search for the Medline (PubMed), Embase and Cochrane databases includin...

Reporte de un caso clínico de Síndrome de Stevens Johnson por uso de Lamotrigina

Pediátr. Panamá; 47 (3), 2018
El Síndrome de Stevens-Johnson (SJS) es una urgencia dermatológica rara pero potencialmente fatal que se diferencia de le necrólisis epidérmica tóxica en el porcentaje de desprendimiento de piel y que amerita tratamiento agresivo que incluya retiro de la medicación que provoca el síndrome, manejo ...

Síndrome de Stevens-Johnson asociado al tratamiento con metotrexato de la leucemia linfoblástica aguda: a propósito de un caso

Arch. argent. pediatr; 116 (3), 2018
La necrólisis epidérmica tóxica y el síndrome de StevensJohnson son enfermedades mucocutáneas raras que están asociadas a una evolución prolongada y a un desenlace potencialmente mortal. Principalmente están inducidas por fármacos y las tasas de mortalidad son muy elevadas. Aunque la piel es la ...

There is no benefit in the use of postnatal intravenous immunoglobulin for the prevention of relapses of multiple sclerosis: findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. Since MS affects mostly fertile women, pregnancy issues often arise in daily practice. The present study assessed the use of postpartum intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in MS. Methods ...

McArdle's disease: an underestimated or underdiagnosed myopathy in rheumatologic practice? Cases series and literature review

OBJECTIVE: McArdle's disease is a metabolic myopathy that manifests with varied clinical conditions and is often confounded with other diagnoses. Herein, the authors report a case series and carry out a literature review. METHODS: A cross-sectional single-center study evaluating 12 patients with McArdle...

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in dermatomyositis: a case series and literature review

OBJECTIVES: To describe a case series of spontaneous pneumomediastinum in dermatomyositis and to review the literature. METHODS: This was a retrospective single-center case series, reporting 9 patients with pneumomediastinum and defined dermatomyositis, followed from 2005 to 2017. RESULTS: Median age o...

Manifestaciones cardiacas en la etapa aguda de la enfermedad de Kawasaki en un hospital pediátrico de tercer nivel en la Ciudad de México

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 88 (5), 2018
Resumen Objetivo: Describir las manifestaciones cardiacas en la etapa aguda de la enfermedad de Kawasaki en pacientes atendidos en un hospital de tercer nivel de la Ciudad de México, México. Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo, descriptivo en pacientes con diagnóstico de enfermedad de Kawasaki de agos...

Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich com plaquetas de volume normal

A Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich (WAS) é uma imunodeficiência congênita ligada ao cromossomo X, caracterizada por mutações no gene WAS, responsável pela proteína WASP. As principais manifestações clínicas são trombocitopenia com plaquetas de volume reduzido, eczema, infecções recorrentes e mai...