Correspondence to: William Yuk-Ming Tang Abstract: There are protean cutaneous manifestations in patients with lupus erythematosus (LE). Skin lesions rate one of the most common manifestations of SLE second to musculoskeletal features. They can be classified as LE-specific and LE-non-specific. The commonest LE-specific lesion is acute cutaneous LE (ACLE) and the commonest LE-non-specific lesion...

Extra Musculoskeletal manifestations are a distinct clinical entity that refers to a combination of clinical features, which are found in multiple rheumatic diseases. Besides the standard manifestations, other organs can be damaged such as the vascular system, skin, gastrointestinal tract, musculoskeletal system, cardiopulmonary system, hematologic system, kidneys, and the central nervous syste...

Musculoskeletal deficits are among the most commonly reported extra-intestinal manifestations and complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially in those with Crohn’s disease. The adverse effects IBD on bone muscle multifactorial, including direct underlying processes, nutritional deficits, therapeutic effects. These factors also indirectly impact by interfering regulatory pathwa...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing immune-mediated inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. IBD includes two major disease entities: Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and surveillance of these complex disorders. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance enterographic techniques have been refined in recent years to p...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused the outbreak of viral pneumonia in Wuhan, China, December 2019. It is principally identified with respiratory and pulmonary manifestations. However, based on various reports, COVID-19 infection not only affects system but also infects other organs. Cardiac manifestations, gastrointestinal complications, liver dysfunction, musculoskeletal disorders,...

OBJECTIVES Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem worldwide. Most diabetic patients will develop functional disabilities due to multiple factors, including musculoskeletal (MSK) manifestations. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of MSK in diabetic patients and to examine the possible predictors for its development. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study...