conclusions silent ventricular systolic dysfunction was more common in the patients with sle than in the control group. newer echocardiographic techniques such as two-dimensional ste provide an earlier chance for the detection of subclinical lv systolic dysfunction. our findings were independent of the traditional risk factors. results the mean duration of sle was 5.5 ± 3.4 years in our patient...

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introduction mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) is one of the most common causes of disseminated granulomatous diseases especially in developing countries. case presentation we present a patient who had an unusual type of tuberculosis who was misdiagnosed with some other common diseases such as infective endocarditis and collagen vascular diseases. pathological examination helped us to make decis...

Introduction The survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus has increased over the last decade, which is associated with increased risk of morbidity. Osteoporosis remains one of leading morbidity associated with long term survivals. Multiple factors have been proposed to contribute to osteopenia, including limited physical activity, imited exposure to sunlight, duration of the disea...

Background Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with variable clinical features. Neurologic and psychiatric symptoms are reported to occur in 10 to 80 percent of patients either prior to the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, or during the course of their illness. The neuropsychiatric manifestations of SLE are varied, and may be classified as primary neur...

● Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Juvenile RA (JRA) joints; less commonly lung, skin ● Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) skin, joints, kidneys, heart, brain, red blood cells, other ● Scleroderma skin, intestine, less commonly lung ● Sjogren's syndrome salivary glands, tear glands, joints ● Goodpasture's syndrome lungs, kidneys ● Wegener's granulomatosis blood vessels, sinuses, lungs, kidneys ●...

Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of chronic arthritis that occurs in susceptible subjects and may be related to environmental triggers. In this regard, air pollution could be a potential contributor to autoimmune diseases onset and flare, as it has been recently reported by our group in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis patients, ...