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Sarcoidosis is biopsy supported not proven”
-Dx is clinical with broad ddx.
-Assess organ involvement in all pts.
-Whole body PET can help assess disease activity (not in CNS disease)
-MR brain with pituitary cuts helpful in CNS sarcoid.
#ACR24 @ACRheum @RheumNow… https://t.co/Ka1cHtFOqj
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2 months 2 weeks ago
RheumNow Live 2025: Feb 8-9, Dallas, TX! 🔬 Don’t miss top experts on Psoriatic Disease:
➡️ A. Ogdie: Preventing PsA
➡️ A. Kavanaugh: Biologic Therapies
➡️ K. Gordon: Head-to-Head Studies
Register now!
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Best of 2024: Lung Cancer in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Interstitial Lung Disease
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Best of 2024: Analgesic Prescribing in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Bah Humbug Vitamin D (12.20.2024)
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2 months 2 weeks ago
If high +ANA and NO #rheumatic #disease
LOOK 👀 at #LIVER
#Autoimmune #hepatitis
And
#alcoholic #liver #dx
#ACRBest #ACR24 @rheumnow abst#0627 https://t.co/0bwfgNnB0e
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2 months 2 weeks ago
To Behcet’s or not to Behcet’s?
-Aphtous ulcers have unique features(broad ddx)
-Oral+Genital ulcers=CAP not necessary BD.
-Pathergy test ⬆️specific and not limited to skin!
-Pulmonary arterial aneurysms=almost pathognomonic.
-Do not get confused by HLAs. #ACR24 @RheumNow… https://t.co/3nWgILNVYw
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2 months 2 weeks ago
A Fibroblast Renaissance
Dr. Andrea Fava at the 2024 ACR Convergence meeting in Washington, DC.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 months 2 weeks ago
Tocilizumab Efficacy in Giant Cell Arteritis Phenotypes
A Spanish Collaborative Group study of Tocilizumab (TCZ) in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) demonstrated high efficacy regardless of the different vascular phenotypes treated.
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 months 2 weeks ago
Nailfold video-capillaroscopy (NVC) study of 76 dermatomyositis (DM) pts - 74% had anomalous NVC patterns (diminished density, abnl morphology). NVC abnl pts had more Raynaud's, and cluster 1 were more likely to develop ILD.https://t.co/AsZ9CU2TZU https://t.co/TP1TMqotqi
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2 months 2 weeks ago
41 "Rhupus" pts were compared to 160 SLE and 709 RA pts. Rhupus pts have a younger onset age than RA (P=0.032), but older than SLE (P=0.008). ~20% initially presented w/ SLE Sxs. Rhupus commonly has ILD, hyperglobulinemia & Lab abnormalities (61%), but seldom renal or CNS dz… https://t.co/m7VL6HHdUN https://t.co/i3knGVQYvj
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2 months 2 weeks ago
Metanalysis of 41 studies, & 5343 AAV pts showed 55% (2890) had infection; 36% w/ severe infxn. This included PJP, aspergillosis, candidiasis, HZ, CMV, etc. Pulmonary most common. Risk factors included older, ESRD, DM, smoking, Renal or lung involvement https://t.co/yHo5BNlbiL https://t.co/R2je32YYGy
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2 months 3 weeks ago