Rheumatology

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease (CD), not only causes significant intestinal inflammation but also leads to extra-intestinal manifestations such as spondyloarthritis (SpA). Although the efficacy …

Spinal imaging may support the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis when typical findings are recognized in an appropriate clinical context and it can also indicate disease activity. In May 2022, the definitions for inflammatory and structural …

Rheumatic paraneoplastic syndromes are rare and generally occur no longer than two years before diagnosis of the associated malignancy. Therefore, it can be an essential clue to occult malignancy. A healthy 18-year-old female with no underlying …

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare form of vasculitis, primarily affecting young women, that causes inflammation of large vessels, particularly the aorta and its main branches. Given its quick onset and nonspecific symptoms, TA poses diagnostic …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease involving multiple organs and is associated with several serum autoantibodies, including anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs). The reported prevalence of ANCAs varies greatly, with some …

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) form a clinically diverse group of disorders affecting between 3 and 7% of the population in whom altered immune regulation causes chronic organ-specific and systemic inflammation [ 1 , 2 ]. While they …

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare form of vasculitis, primarily affecting young women, that causes inflammation of large vessels, particularly the aorta and its main branches. Given its quick onset and nonspecific symptoms, TA poses diagnostic …

Lyme borreliosis (LB) is caused by infection with Ixodes -transmitted spirochetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex, and is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. In North America, B. burgdorferi sensu …