Archive for October, 2009
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Authors: Kim EJ, Collard HR, King TE
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent extraarticular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While the nonspecific interstitial pneumonia pattern predominates in most forms of connective tissue-associated ILD, studies in patients with RA-associated ILD (RA-ILD) suggest that the usual interstitial pneumonia ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
A 38-year-old female, treated with infliximab (3mg/kg) for a two-year history of psoriatic arthritis, was referred with a sudden onset of left foot drop. At referral, eight courses of infliximab (anti-tumor necrosis factor [anti-TNF] monoclonal antibody) had already been infused. Her past medical history was otherwise unremarkable. No familial history ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Conclusion: Our data indicate that Y145 is the most critical tyrosine supporting SLP-76 function in myeloid cells. Future efforts to dissect how Y145 mediates SLP-76–dependent signaling in MCs and PMNs will increase our understanding of these lineages and provide insights into the treatment of allergy and inflammation. (Source: Journal of ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Conclusion: Although both responders and nonresponders to etanercept inactivated sepsis cascade cytokines, response to etanercept is dependent on inactivation of myeloid dendritic cell genes and inactivation of the TH17 immune response. (Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that an opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy with locked plate fixation allows a correct valgus angle to be achieved with good short-term results.
PMID: 19884431 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Authors: Strauch RJ
PMID: 19884463 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume)
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Conclusions: Our hypothesis that the ulnar fingers would have worse outcomes than the radial fingers was not proven by this study. Although experiences have indicated that it is more difficult to maintain posture for the ring and little fingers after SMPA owing to the deforming forces, sufficient correction of the ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
This article rounds out the issue on pediatric musculoskeletal MR imaging. It focuses on the evaluation of more common congenital disorders, and mainly sports-related injuries of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist in children. MR imaging can be more challenging in diagnosis of some of these disorders. Features of overuse injuries ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
This article discusses MR imaging findings of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, enthesis-related arthritis, juvenile psoriatic arthritis, and articular findings in collagen vascular diseases, septic arthritic, hemophilia, neuroarthropathy, and pseudoarthridities. (Source: Radiologic Clinics of North America)
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Osteomyelitis and inflammatory arthritis affect many children. In this article, the authors describe clinical, pathophysiologic, and imaging characteristics of common (and a few not-so-common) conditions in these categories. Emphasis is placed on MR imaging characteristics, but the article discusses other imaging modalities and clinical evaluation when appropriate. Having a thorough ...
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