Model Patient: My Life As an Incurable Wise-Ass From Revlon spokesmodel to film actress to one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” Karen Duffy was living the life most of us only dream of. Then her whirlwind life of celebrity parties came to an abrupt, grinding halt when she was stricken with a serious [...]
Abstract In 2001, a 41-year-old Japanese woman was referred to our hospital because of severe renal dysfunction and fever of unknown origin. On admission, her serum creatinine was 8.7 mg/dL, urine protein was 0.3 g/day, and urine β2-microglobulin was 81,007 μg/day. Computed tomography (CT) scans showed bilateral contracted kidneys with a mass projecting from the lower pole of the [...]
Lung transplant patient and therapist build healing relationship in fighting …Explore Howard CountyFor the past 15 years, Covington, a six-foot-one single mother of three, has suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that attacks mainly the … Source: sarcoidosis – Google News
We describe the case of a 43-year-old male with cardiac sarcoidosis and ventricular tachycardia storm successfully treated with catheter ablation and immunosuppression. Antiarrhythmics alone, and in combination with immusuppressive agents, failed to successfully manage the ventricular tachycardia episodes. Catheter ablation in conjunction with immunosuppression proved to be the most successful treatment strategy. The reported efficacy [...]
Authors: Kim JH, Joo YB, Kim J, Min JK Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis (HCP) is an uncommon disorder that causes a localized or diffuse thickening of the dura mater and has been reported to be infrequently associated with systemic autoimmune disorders such as Wegener’s granulomatosis, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, Behçet’s disease, Sjögren syndrome, and temporal arteritis. Here, [...]
We report the case of a psoriasis patient who developed pulmonary sarcoidosis during a cycle of therapy with infliximab. PMID: 20492833 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Dermatol Online J) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising. Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis
PhRMA Honors Patient Advocates Ron and Raychel BartekPR Newswire (press release)According to a PhRMA survey, some examples of medicines being developed for rare diseases are: a monoclonal antibody for chronic sarcoidosis, …and more » Source: sarcoidosis – Google News
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OSN SuperSite Patient complains of a gradual decrease in vision in both eyesOSN SuperSiteSarcoidosis may cause retinal vasculitis, but usually affects the retinal veins preferentially; associated perivenous exudates are often referred to as … Source: sarcoidosis – Google News
Authors: Takatori S, Kamata Y, Murosaki T, Iwamoto M, Minota S PMID: 20040649 [PubMed - in process] (Source: J Rheumatol) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed – updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources. Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis