Coronary arteritis complicating rheumatoid arthritis.

The real connective tissue diseases.

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Coronary and peripheral vascular occlusion due to rheumatoid arteritis.

Introduction Vasculitis is a well recognized complication of rheumatoid arthritis tending to occur in individuals with severe seropositive nodular disease. It commonly affects small vessels, particularly the digital arteries where the lesion is usually intimal proliferation without significant arterial wall necrosis. Focal ischaemic micro-infarction often occurs, occasionally leading to localiz...

Acute abdomen in rheumatoid arthritis due to necrotizing arteritis.

Late Onset Takayasu Arteritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

We encountered the rare case of a 48-year-old Caucasian woman who developed Takayasu arteritis (TA) while suffering from seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several studies have reported an association between TA and various autoimmune disorders, however, the concurrent presence of Takayasu arteritis and rheumatoid arthritis is described in only few cases in the literature to date. The exac...

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate: old and new clinical applications.

BACKGROUND The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a simple and inexpensive laboratory test. It is commonly used to assess the acute phase response. METHODS A review of the recent literature was done to evaluate the role of the ESR and its importance in different clinical conditions both inflammatory and noninflammatory. RESULTS Despite the critical role cytokines have in inflammatory c...