OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical patterns of arthritis in psoriasis. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Combined Military Hospital, Kharian Cantonment, Pakistan, from January to December 2007. METHODOLOGY One hundred consecutive patients with psoriasis reporting to dermatology outpatient department were included. Pregnant ladies (due to X-ray ...

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and psoriasis alone were typed for HLA A, B, Cw, and DR antigens, and the antigen frequencies were compared with those in a normal control population and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Patients with psoriasis had a significantly raised frequency of Cw6. Those with arthritis in addition to their psoriasis also had raised frequenc...

At the 2016 annual meeting of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) in Miami, Florida, USA, a trainees symposium was held. Rheumatology and dermatology trainees, engaged in psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis research, presented their work. This report briefly reviews 6 oral presentations and 21 posters presented at that meeting.

Methotrexate nodulosis in conditions other than rheumatoid arthritis is very rare. It has been reported in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and Jaccoud’s arthropathy [4], a patient with juvenile arthritis who was rheumatoid factor negative [5], and a patient with psoriatic arthritis and negative rheumatoid factor [6]. Only the patient with juvenile arthritis had pulmonary nodules. Ho...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain impairment in quality of life and work productivity among patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. DESIGN From 2003 through 2011, the National Psoriasis Foundation collected survey data from patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis via email and telephone correspondences. SETTING Survey data were collected from psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients...

BACKGROUND Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are considered highly specific markers of rheumatoid arthritis. Despite the high specificity of the test, anti-CCP antibodies have also been observed in psoriatic arthritis. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of anti-CCP antibodies in psoriatic arthritis and to describe the clinical characteristics of such patients. METHOD...

Psoriatic arthritis is defined as inflammatory arthritis occurring in patients with psoriasis and is classified as a seronegative spondyloarthropathy associated with human leukocyte antigen B27. Between 25 and 35% of patients with psoriasis go on to develop psoriatic arthritis during the course of their disease. Given that the skin is affected before the joints in most cases, the dermatologist ...

Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are chronic inflammatory disorders resulting from a combination of genetic and environmental factors, though the precise causal agents have not yet been identified. The immune system has a major role in their development and the possibility exists that self antigens or antigens from microbial agents, or microbial superantigens initiate a vigorous immune respons...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to describe a group of patients with a highly destructive and asymptomatic form of psoriatic arthritis, mimicking a Charcot-like joint disease. METHODS We studied 180 patients with psoriatic arthritis and identified 4 patients with arthritis mutilans mimicking a Charcot-like joint disease. Clinical history, physical exam, and immunological testing were perfor...