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Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium (synovitis) secondary to hyperplasia of synovial cells, excess synovial fluid, and the development of pannus in the synovium. The pathology of the disease process often leads to the destruction of articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis can also produce diffuse inflammation in the lungs, pericardium, pleura, and sclera, and also nodular lesions, most common in subcutaneous tissue...
Rheumatoid arthritis - List of case studies
- Multiple Sclerosis
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disease does not go away; it’s like diabetes, or rheumatoid arthritis. The symptoms improve with treatment but the disease is still ...
- Juvenile Arthritis with Systemic Onset (Stills Disease) – Additional Opinion
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Male, born in 1960 Diagnose : M08.2 Juvenile arthritis with systemic onset (Stills disease) He had begun to feel ill ... drug interactions are known In summary , systemic rheumatoid arthritis is an incurable autoimmune disorder, but the use of ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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Acquired polyneuropathiesm Acromion-clavicle arthritis Active Ischemia Active brain metastases Active ... Auto-immune disease Auto-immune disorders (childhood rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) Autoimmune disease Autoimmune diseases ...
- Juvenile Arthritis with Systemic Onset (Stills Disease)
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50-year-old male was diagnosed with Juvenile arthritis with systemic onset (Stills disease) after having symptoms of high ... certain medication such as Methotrexate are used. ANA and Rheumatoid factor are usually negative in this condition. X-rays of the ...
- Chromosome 22 micro-deletion syndrome
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with this syndrome. These include childhood rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), thyroid ... anxiety, depression, Auto-immune disorders (childhood rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), thyroid ...
- Juvenile degenerative osteoarthritis of the shoulder
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joint ratios retained. Acromion-clavicle arthritis. Subacromial space retained. Dystrophic calcifications ... demonstrate arthritis but there is no evidence of any rheumatoid component as there are no juxta-articular erosions of the glenoid or ...
- Multiple sclerosis in remission under Avonex treatment
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does not go away; it’s like diabetes , or rheumatoid arthritis . The symptoms improve with treatment but the disease is still ...
- Elevation of Ca 19-9
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F , Okazawa M , Sakakibara H .], and rheumatoid arthritis [ Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 ... tumor-associated antigens CA19-9, CA125, and CA15-3 in rheumatoid arthritis: potential adhesion molecules in synovial inflammation? ...