Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE) is a rare clinical entity that is easily missed due to lack of knowledge. Syndrome is characterized by sudden onset of edema with swelling on the dorsum of the hands and by synovitis. Serological tests are negative and radiographic joint destruction does not occurs. Etiology of RS3PE syndrome is not known. It can occur as a...

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare disease characterized by diffuse fasciitis with peripheral eosinophilia and progressive induration and thickening of the skin and soft tissues. We report a 19-year-old female who presented with pitting edema in both lower extremities. She had a history of excessive physical activity before her symptoms developed. Physical examination revealed 2+ pitting edema in...

Metallic aluminum (Al) is of interest as a reducing agent because of its low standard reduction potential. However, its surface is invariably covered with a dense aluminum oxide film, which prevents its effective use as a reducing agent in wet-chemical synthesis. Pitting corrosion, known as an undesired reaction destroying Al and is enhanced by anions such as F⁻, Cl⁻, and Br⁻ in aqueous solutio...

Remitting seronegative symmetric synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome is characterized by symmetrical and acute synovitis, pitting edema, the absence of rheumatoid factor, increased acute phase reactants, lack of bony erosions on radiography, and benign and short clinical course. Half of all patients with Sjogren's syndrome experience arthritis during the disease course. We here descri...

first Remmitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE) syndrome which is characterized by symmetrical distal synovitis, tenosynovitis of the mucous sheaths of the flexor and extensor tendons of the hands, pitting edema of the hands and/or feet, seronegativity for the Rheumatoid Factor (RF) and benign prognosis, mainly affecting the elderly and the males, exquisite respon...

Components from 73 failed knee replacements (TKRs) consisting of rotating-platform, mobile-bearing and fixed-bearing implants were examined to assess the patterns of wear. The patterns were divided into low-grade (burnishing, abrasion and cold flow) and high-grade (scratching, pitting/metal embedding and delamination) to assess the severity of the wear of polyethylene. The rotating-platform gro...

Plum bark necrosis-stem pitting (PBNSP) disease was first observed in 1986 affecting plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) cv. Black Beaut trees in two orchards in Dinuba, CA (8). All of the Black Beaut plum trees had been whip-grafted with a single cultivar Wickson plum scion per tree to serve as a pollenizer, and all Wickson grafts failed. A year later, the same trees were grafted a second time with ...

Original scientific paper The paper deals with the effect of roughness, residual stresses and pitting corrosion on different shot peened (SP) ENAW 7075 aluminium alloy in different states. Suitable residual stress profile increases the applicability and life cycle of mechanical parts, treated by shot peening. Pitting corrosion has a major influence on aging of structural elements made of high s...

Incidence of leaf blast on nursery plants and pitting disease on maturing banana bunches has been recorded in banana plantations during rainy season in Eastern India during 2014 to 2015. Taxonomical identification as well as DNA sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of fungus isolated from affected tissue culture derived plantlets and fruits confirmed the pathogen to be Py...

Abstract: In chloride salt solutions, titanium alloys exhibit reasonably high pitting potentials as high as +10 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) at room temperatures. On the other hand, anodic pitting potentials are significantly lower in bromide solutions. In this study, pitting corrosion of commercially pure titanium in aqueous NaBr solution of 0.1 M concentration at room temperature was studied and the e...