Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 16, Issue , January-December 2023. Three young males with Hugh-Stovin’s syndrome presented with cough, haemoptysis, fever, raised inflammatory markers, and pulmonary artery aneurysm. Only one had recurrent oral ulcers suggestive of Behcet’s disease, and none were HLA B51 positive. All responded well to immunosuppression but eventually needed either an endovascular procedure or surgery ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 16, Issue , January-December 2023. Background:Researchers have called for more investigation into disordered eating behaviors in females with scoliosis.Objective:The objective of the current study was to assess the associations between body image concerns, disease-specific indicators of scoliosis (ie, age of diagnosis, having undergone bracing treatment, being told by a physician your scoliosis required surgery, having a spinal fusion), quality of life, and disordered eating in a sample of young adult women diagnosed w ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 16, Issue , January-December 2023. Background:Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare auto-inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology by which an infectious trigger is usually responsible for the onset of the disease. It is diagnosed by exclusion when certain clinical, biochemical, and radiological criteria are met after excluding all other potential causes. Besides, SARS‑CoV‑2 infection is increasingly being reported to have autoimmune complications. In the literature, 3 AOSD cases have been reported to be trigg ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 16, Issue , January-December 2023. Sarcoidosis can have pulmonary and extrapulmonary clinical manifestations depending on the organ of involvement. Because multiple organs are involved by the disease, sarcoid can mimic metastatic diseases. Whenever clinical and radiological clues of metastasis are present, differentials other than cancer should not be missed. Herein, we present a case of a middle aged gentleman who presented to the oncology clinic for 1-month history of low back pain associated with a dry cough along w ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 15, Issue , January-December 2022. SAPHO (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis) is a rare syndrome mainly characterized by cutaneous and osteoarticular manifestations. The most typical osteoarticular manifestations are localized to the anterior chest wall and include a usually noninfectious osteitis, hyperostosis, and synovitis of the sternoclavicular joints. However, clinical presentation of SAPHO syndrome can be quite heterogeneous. Several clinical and radiological features are shared with other w ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 15, Issue , January-December 2022. Objectives:The aim of this study was to present the clinical results of patients with Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) stage 2-4 hip osteoarthritis who were administered intra-articular corticosteroid (CS) or hyaluronic acid (HA), with or without fluoroscopy.Methods:This retrospective comparative study was conducted in the clinics where the authors worked between 2010 and 2018. Patients with stage 2-4 hip osteoarthritis according to KL criteria were included in the study. Age, body mass index ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 15, Issue , January-December 2022. Background:Several studies have linked metabolic syndrome (MetS) to osteoarthritis (OA), but they have not looked into how MetS can affect the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of OA individuals.Objectives:We aimed to assess the association of MetS and its components, including obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia, with HRQOL among Egyptians with knee OA.Methods:This cross-sectional study comprised 116 adult Egyptian participants with knee OA. They were divided ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 15, Issue , January-December 2022. Introduction:The estimated prevalence of gout in Western societies is 2.7% to 6.7%. In Australia, there have been increasing rates of hospitalisations for gout flares. Urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is effective in reducing urate burden, which can prevent gout flares and destructive arthropathy. This study assessed the representation rate of patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with crystal arthropathy and the utilisation of ULT in the community for patients with a pre-e ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 15, Issue , January-December 2022. Purpose:Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication that can affect hip arthroplasty. Its treatment is extremely difficult, and issues regarding the optimal treatment remain unanswered. This study intended to show the effectiveness of the one-stage treatment of PJI.Materials and Methods:A retrospective observational cohort study performed from July 2014- August 2018. All patients with suspected PJI were included. Major and minor criteria developed by the Internation ..read more

Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 15, Issue , January-December 2022. Background:In clinical practice, distinguishing disease activity in patients with rheumatological illnesses is challenging.Objectives:We aimed to investigate clinical associations of hemogram-derived indices, namely: red cell distribution width (RDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arth ..read more