Steroid Cover-up: i VEXAS Syndrome in a patient with Subacute Cutaneous Lupus (SCLE)
- Stephanie Tancer MD
A man in his 60s suffered from refractory, biopsy-proven subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus that required chronic, moderate dose steroids to
Prolong Rilonacept Treatment in RHAPSODY
- Aamer Khan Pharm. D., MBA
Introduction: Rilonacept reduced pericarditis recurrence in the phase 3 trial RHAPSODY. The long-term extension (LTE) enabled further insights into efficacy,
Push It To The Limit
- Daric A. Mueller PA-C, Dr. Andrew Sulich MD
Granulomatsis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a potentially life threatening immune-mediated disease with1:protean manifestations which may follow a relapsing and remitting
Leukoeytoclastic Vasculitis Unveiling
- Nathalia Millan-Borrero MD, Anam Ansari DO, Avneet Kaur Arora MD, Brandon Ahlgren MD, lyes Benchaala MD
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is a form of small vessel vasculitis characterized by neutrophilic infiltration within and around the vessel walls,
Sclerosing Peritonitis in a Patient with Systematic Lupus
- Aabid Mohiuddin DO, Leslie Lin MD, Abdallah Almawazreh MD, Ahmed Alhaj MD, Yahya Osman-Malik MD
Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a rare condition seen in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) r’here inflammatory fibro-collagenous layers
From Being on Cranes to Crutches
- Jessica Liang DO, Arabi Rasendrakumar MD, Tanushri Bhushan MD, William Kupsky MD
Anti-hydroxyt3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase – Anti-HMGCR, Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy – IMNM, Creatine kinase – CK, HFpEF – Heart failure with preserved ejection
Diagnostic Dilema – Puzzling Coexistence of Eosinophilic
- Jessica Liang DO, Arabi Rasendrukar MD, Mazhar Shappo MD
Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome interstitial lung disease- pSS-ILD, Interstitial lung disease – ILD, Gastroesophageal reflux disease -GERO, Bronchoalveolar lavage – BAL
Rheumatoid Vasculitis as a Complication of RA
- Nadine Kassab MD, Firas Askar MD, Omar Abbas MD, Abeer Tabbara MD, Patrick Yousif DO, Alireza Meysami MD, Amita Bishnoi MD, Sufiya Hussain MD
Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) is an uncommon complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with an incidence
Systemic Lupus Erythematous or a Mimic
- Nivine El-Hor MD, Hanan Ibrahim MD, Firas Askar MD, Ayad Alkhatib MD, Sufiya Hussain MD
Infections such as syphilis can mimic rheumatologic diseases at presentation. Here, we report a case of syphilis presenting with symptoms
Kohlmeier-Degos Disease: A Challenging Case of Systemic Vasculopathy in a 13-Year-Old Female Requiring Novel Therapy
- Maria Correa-Roldan MD, Kaitlin Zorich DO, Elizabeth Kessler MD
A previously healthy 13-year-old female presented with 3 days of abdominal pain, vomiting and rash. Imaging revealed intraperitoneal free fluid
