Introduction:Morphea is an inflammatory skin disease characterized by skin thickening due to increased collagen deposition in the dermis or subcutaneous tissues.Anti-U1RNP myositis is a newly described entity characte...
supported by grants from the China International Medical Foundation(No.Z-2018-40);the Nantong Science and Technology Bureau Project(Nos.MSZ18108,JCZ20058,and JCZ2022026);the Special Clinical Basic Research Key Project of Nantong University(No.2019JZ001)
To the Editor:Dermatomyositis(DM)is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by specific cutaneous manifestations and proximal muscle weakness,in which abnormalities of nailfold capillary(NFC)and serum levels of vascul...
BACKGROUND Rhabdomyolysis is a life-threatening condition,often leading to progressive renal failure and death.It is caused by destruction of skeletal muscle and the release of myoglobin and other intracellular conten...
Rationale:Fever with myositis and rhabdomyolysis is a medical emergency requiring prompt diagnosis and management.Scrub typhus associated myositis with rhabdomyolysis is rare.Patient concerns:A 36-year-old female pres...
Introduction:Statin-associated immune-mediated necrotizing myositis(IMNM)is a rare but distinct idiopathic inflammatory myopathy(IIM)that requires early recognition and intervention to prevent irreversible muscle dama...
Objective: To assess general pain and fatigue and their association with the disease status of patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAMs), in terms of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these parameters. ...
Objective To investigate the clinicopathologic features and outcome of myositis in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.Methods The patients diagnosed with immune...
Introduction:Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies(IIM)also known as myositis,is a chronic autoimmune disease which affects muscles,skin,joints and lung.One of the most common autoantibodies with a prevalence of 25‐35%,...
This study was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81801633,81788101,and 81630044);Chinese Academy of Medical Science Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(CIFMS 2020-I2MC&T-B-011,2021-I2M-1-017,2021-I2M-1-047,2021-I2M-1-040,and 2021-I2M-1-016);CSCO Pilot Oncology Research Fund(Y-2019AZMS-0452).
Background:Cancer incidence and mortality have received critical attention during the long-term management of morbidities in patients with autoimmune diseases(AIDs).This study aimed to investigate and compare the risk...
Supported by National Fund for Scientific Research(F.R.S-FNRS)as research fellows to Catherine J and Otero Sanchez L;Fonds Erasme to Otero Sanchez L;F.R.S-FNRS as postdoctoral fellow to Liefferinckx C。
BACKGROUND Extra-intestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel diseases(IBD)are frequent and involve virtually all organs.Conversely,the clinical characteristics and course of inflammatory myopathies in IBD remain p...