La osteonecrosis múltiple es una entidad poco frecuente que se define por el compromiso de al menos tres regiones diferentes. Es indispensable el abordaje multidisciplinario de los pacientes que la padecen tanto para el diagnóstico como el tratamiento oportuno. Presentamos el caso clínico de un pacien...
Abstract Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a painful ophthalmoplegia caused by non-specific granulomatous inflammation, corticoid-sensitive, of the cavernous sinus. The etiology is unknown. Recurrences are common. The diagnosis is made by exclusion, and a variety of other diseases involving the orbital apex, super...
Abstract: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection that occurs in immunocompetent patients and are classified into two forms: the acute-subacute form, predominantly in young patients, and the chronic adult form that may present classic ulcerated lesions to rare sarcoid ones. We present the case of a ...
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...
ABSTRACT Background: Sleep disturbances are common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and contribute to loss of life quality. Objective: To study associations of sleep quality with pain, depression and disease activity in RA. Methods: This is a transversal observational study of 112 RA patients sub...
A elevaçäo da pressäo intra-ocular e a opacificaçäo sub-capsular do cristalino, säo complicaçöes frequentes, mas pouco estudadas, da utlizaçäo de corticóides por via sistêmica ou tópica ocular. Os estudos existentes divergem muito em relaçäo à dose de corticóide e ao tempo necessários p...
Homem de 54 anos de idade, portador de cardiomiopatia chagásica que, a partir do 5§ mês de pós-operatório de transplante cardíaco, evoluiu com níveis séricos elevados de aminotransferase, bilirrubinas e gamaglutamiltransferase. Nos 12§ e 15§ meses pós-operatórios, foi submetido a biópsias de...
