... blepharospasm or Meige Motor and Vocal Tics syndrome should be considered voluntary because they are used as tricks to suppress the dystonic movements Tics Status or Status Tics Rarely, motor and ... Belmont, Massachusetts, U .S. A Loren Gianini Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U .S. A Christopher G Goetz Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, U .S. A Stacy Horn Rush University, ... dystonia) is triggered by sudden movement or startle, lasts seconds to a few minutes, and is suppressed with anticonvulsant therapy Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis is induced by stress, prolonged...
... physicians is justified Whether this clinical suspicion also justifies the routine performance of thorax CT to all patients with Poland ssyndrome is yet to be determined, based on each doctor s ... the anesthesiologist in one of the cases and controlled the paper; KS was the anesthesiologist in on of the cases and controlled the paper; SL performed linguistic control and literature research; ... Formos Med Assoc 2002, 101(2):148-51 Celik B: Poland ssyndromeand spontaneous pneumothorax, a rare association Tuberks Toraks 2010, 58(2):173-6 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-32 Cite this article as:...
... depression in PSS is consistent with that of previous studies Valtysdottir measured psychological status in a Swedish cohort (N = 67) of PSS patients and reported that possible depression was present ... details on this scale see Additional file 1, Table S1 ); and, depressed mood with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CESD) [16] The PROFAD-SSI was also used to assess sicca severity ... patients to select 100 patients at random and recruit them for the study Subjects recruited through the Sjogren 's foundation (SSF-PSS) were classified as "possible" PSS if they reported a diagnosis...
... recombination biases predisposing to systemic autoimmunity in SLE and SS, there are some exceptions In some circumstances, specific autoantibodies express marked biases in IgV gene usage One example is the ... autoimmune diseases, such as pSS and SLE, seem to have characteristic abnormalities of particular censoring mechanisms IgV gene usage in patients with pSS is preferentially shaped by disordered selection ... Carsons SE, Daniels TE, Fox PC, Fox RI, Kassan SS, Pillemer SR, Talal N, Weisman MH: European Study Group on Classification Criteria for Sjögren sSyndrome Assessment of the European classification...
... autoimmune diseases such as RA and Crohn 's disease [13,28,29,39] make this cytokine a prime candidate also in the pathogenesis of SS Increased serum levels and salivary gland expression of IL18 ... with Sjögren 'ssyndrome (SS) (a–c,g–i) and in nonspecific chronic sialoadenitis (d–f) sialoadenitis (d–f) (a,b) Paraffin-embedded section of glands in SS, showing high amounts of IL-18-expressing ... GC-like structures identified as described in Materials and methods, and foci were classified as nonsegregated and segregated with or without GC-like structures drome (SS) (a–d) salivary gland ducts...
... Porter SR, Richards A, Sauvezie B, Schiodt M, Sciuto M, Shoenfeld Y, Skopouli FN, Smolen JS, Soromenho F, Tishler M, Wattiaux MJ: Assessment of the European classification criteria for Sjögren ssyndrome ... with SS (nd, not determined; ns, not significant) observed for the Vλ repertoire, this suggests a positive selection of these mutations in the parotid gland Discussion The present study has identified ... Gellrich S, Rutz S, Borkowski A, Golembowski S, Gromnica-Ihle E, Sterry W, Jahn S: Analysis of VH-DJH gene transcripts in B cells infiltrating the salivary glands and lymph node tissue of patients with...
... hemophagocytosis [20-22] The disease is subdivided into two categories, familial lymphohistiocytosis and secondary HPS, the latter of which is associated with rheumatic diseases such as systemic-onset ... differences P values less than 0.05 were considered significant Values are reported as means ± standard deviations Results Increased serum HO-1 levels in patients with HPS and ASD Serum HO-1 levels in ... Besides being found in patients with HPS and ASD, hyperferritinemia is also found in patients with liver diseases and in recipients of frequent blood transfusions Because ferritin synthesis is...
... autoantibodies, in whom disease is usually less systemic Moreover, we previously reported that BAFF level was not associated with systemic features in pSS [8] Likewise, no association was found between ... Petersen K, Jonassen I, Jonsson R, Bolstad AI: Gene expression profiling of minor salivary glands clearly distinguishes primary Sjogren 'ssyndrome patients from healthy control subjects Arthritis ... T/C polymorphism and BAFF expression, and focused first on the correlation between BAFF polymorphism and serum level as assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Interestingly, serum BAFF protein...
... structures in a single biopsy reflects a snapshot of a slowly progressive inflammatory disease, pSS, or a subpopulation of patients with a more severe disease and/ or a distinct immune response ... autoantibodies occur in response to glandular tissue damage, apoptosis and/ or the expression of neoantigens such as cleaved La/SSB [85] and Ro/SSA-hYRNA complexes on the blebs of apoptotic glandular cells ... studies examining idiotype expression by glandular B cells in pSS have also suggested that these cells represent a selected population B cells expressing RFassociated cross-reactive idiotypes,...
... and entered simultaneously In serum no data were missing and in saliva missing values were excluded pairwise from all analyses except PCA and DA All analyses were computed using SPSS 13 (SPSS ... have assessed interactions between several immune molecules and their association with disease parameters Summarizing findings regarding immune mediators such as cytokines in SS, it was concluded ... potential presence of SS-unrelated histopathology or of other subclinical autoimmune diseases in mouse models for SS represents a common problem of all mouse models used in SS research [13,31] This divergence...
... associated with systemic inflammation or excessive risk of thrombosis in various diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis and antiphospholipid syndrome ... SLE [14,31], Crohn 's disease [32], systemic sclerosis [22], vasculitis [33-35] and myositis [36] Here we report the first assessment of circulating MPs in pSS An interesting finding was the significantly ... than in HCs In fact, similar results have been recently reported in systemic sclerosis [22] and Crohn 's disease [32] on assessment of MPs by flow cytometry and solid-phase capture assay, respectively...
... demonstrates that a Horner 's syndrome, if present and observed, along with a long history and slowly progression of hand weakness due to involvement of multiple nerves or roots indicates possibility ... side just lateral to the spinous processes C7-T3 Paravertebral muscles were bluntly dissected away from spinous processes to expose the left hemilaminae of T1-3, facet joints T1-2 and T2-3, and ... secPost-operativeribs processes, and proximalremoval of the T2 Post-operative chest X-ray demonstrating removal of the T2 and T3 transverse processes, and proximal parts of the second and third ribs Figure...
... diseases Page of doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-66 Cite this article as: Weissen-Plenz et al.: Aortic dissection associated with cogans s syndrome: deleterious loss of vascular structural integrity is associated ... Figure Transverse (A) and sagittal (B) CT views of the aorta The dissection (arrows) is circumferential and begins distally to the coronary ostiae arrows: dissection membrane Weissen-Plenz et ... the vascular collagen and elastin metabolism [5,6], was massively increased In summary, our data suggest that the persistently increased secretion of the inflammatory mediator GMCSF by resident...
... Discussion The diagnosis of Sheehan ssyndrome is determined by the patient s history and physical examination, and confirmed by laboratory tests (hormone levels and hormone stimulation tests ... deficiency in all cases A bone marrow biopsy was carried out for all patients showing hypocellularity and decreased hemopoiesis, erythropoiesis and granulopoiesis Pancytopenia as a result of an anterior ... clinicians should consider the possibility of hypopituitarism as a cause of pancytopenia and indicate a series of hormonal examinations Multiple anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies in Sheehan s syndrome...
... with its known symptoms (muscle weakness, muscle pain and palsy) Making the correct diagnosis depends on obtaining a precise medical history Biochemical analysis shows the typical constellation ... tea Consumption of large quantities of carbohydrates increases insulin secretion and thus enhances potassium influx into myocytes and hepatocytes, with a consequential fall in plasma potassium ... substantial decrease in plasma potassium levels can ensue In our patient, we suspected a connection between his hypokalemia and his prolonged intake of Fisherman s Friend lozenges These sweets contain...
... these findings, Streptococcus pyogenes had only been implicated twice as a polymicrobial organism in cases of Lemierre s syndrome, which strongly suggests its rarity as a cause of this disease ... patients with suggestive symptoms, because unrecognized, it is almost always fatal As in this patient, an early clinical diagnosis of Lemierre ssyndrome was made, and confirmed by imaging studies ... Case Reports 2009, 3:6658 http://jmedicalcasereports.com/jmedicalcasereports/article/view/3/4/6658 Introduction Lemierre s syndrome, also known as necrobacillosis, and postanginal sepsis, was...
... joints Infrequently, hepatosplenic and soft tissue abscesses may occur Other than F necrophorum, organisms such as Bacteroides sp., Eikinella sp., Streptococcus sp., and Staphylococcus epidermidis ... later, she was doing well without any functional limitations Discussion Most cases of Lemierre 'ssyndrome occur in previously healthy persons aged 16 to 25 years [4] Lemierre 'ssyndrome is suspected ... life-saving With the emergence of CA-MRSA, one should keep in mind the possibility of CA-MRSA infection in patients with suspected Lemierre 'ssyndrome TK is supported by the Scientists' Pool Scheme...
... faster stretches (this results in the clinical sign of a ‘spastic catch’) Thus, spasticity resists muscle stretch and lengthening This has two significant consequences First, the muscle has a tendency ... Fatiguability Soft tissue changes and contractures radiation r Clonus r Positive Babinski sign r Spasticity r Extensor spasms r Flexor spasms r Mass reflex r Dyssynergic patterns of cocontraction ... only soft tissue changes to occur in the UMN syndrome Muscles and tendons may become stiff and less compliant, resisting passive stretch and manifesting as increased tone The passive range of...