Corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. Although they are usually efficacious, osteoporosis leading to spine compression fractures is not uncommon. In this case report, we describe an elderly patient with systemic lupus erythematosus on long-term corticosteroid therapy who presented with symptoms of acute abdomen wit...

The aim of this report is to emphasize that corticosteroids should not be prescribed when the etiological factors remain unidentified. A 34-year-old male visited our ophthalmology clinic suffering from blurred vision. Behçet's disease had been diagnosed 5 years prior, and the patient was taking an oral immunosuppressant and a systemic corticosteroid. Vitreous cell count and foci of chorioretini...

Rheumatic diseases are not commonly associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. We report a case of bilateral CMV retinitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who was undergoing hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease. The CMV retinitis in this patient was associated with combined azathioprine and low-dose corticosteroid therapy ...

AIM To characterise the change in serum and urinary bone markers in the early postnatal period, and to assess the effect of systemic corticosteroid on bone metabolism in preterm infants. METHODS Bone formation was quantified by measurement of serum concentrations of bone specific alkaline phosphatase (BALP) and osteocalcin. Bone resorption was measured by monitoring creatinine adjusted urinar...

set of CSCR following periocular corticosteroid injection with confirmation by OCT imaging. Periocular corticosteroids may be administered for the treatment of uveitis as well as postoperative CME. The presence of intraocular inflammation secondary to uveitis may affect the retinal pigment epithelial barrier and increase susceptibility to local periocular corticosteroid effects. A similar mecha...

Both systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren's syndrome are autoimmune diseases. Almost all organs can be involved but the gall bladder is an unusual site. We report a 39-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren's syndrome presenting with acute acalculous cholecystitis. It is a very rare complication and, in the literature review, surgical interventions are mostly applied f...

We describe a 19 year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus on corticosteroid therapy, who developed bilateral, multiple, gas-forming Salmonella enteritidis leg abscesses and osteomyelitis mimicking deep vein thrombosis. The infection was treated successfully by a combination of surgical drainage and intravenous ceftriaxone, followed by prolonged oral pefloxacin. This rare case of gas-pro...

CHEST, VOL. 63, NO. 4, APRIL 1973 SUPPLEMENT sone; 2 ) systemic corticosteroid administration restores the responsiveness of adenyl cyclase to betaadrenergic stimulation; 3 ) systemic corticosteroids inhibit the increased ATPase activity, possibly with a concomitaiit decrease in transport, contractile and secretory processes; and 4 ) corticosteroids at high levels may inhibit cyclic A vIP phosp...

Dermatophytes are fungi capable of invading keratinized tissues. Isolation of the fungus with the culture is essential to guide the treatment, because there are more resistant species like Microsporum canis. The chronic use of corticosteroids leads to the deregulation of immunity, promoting atypical manifestations of infections. Topical antifungal therapy is often insufficient, requiring system...