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A Histopathological Study of Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Disease

open access: yesAllergology International, 2011
Connective tissue diseases (CTD), such as systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), develop pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Nobuhito Sasaki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic relapsing neutrophilic meningitis as the sole manifestation of nocardiosis in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease

open access: yesIDCases, 2022
We describe a rare case of a patient with mixed connective tissue disease maintained on chronic oral corticosteroids, who was hospitalized on five occasions over five consecutive months due to persistent relapsing neutrophilic meningitis caused by ...
M. Anthony Albornoz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mixed connective tissue disease with temporomandibular joint ankylosis: A case report

open access: goldOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, 2019
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare systemic autoimmune disorder, which can affect the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The literature on TMJ dysfunction in patients with MCTD is however sparse.
Josephine Sköldstam   +2 more
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Mixed connective tissue disease: Not always an obvious diagnosis

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2020
Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is characterized by a mixture of clinical features. The initial presentation is often incomplete, and the features of MCTD usually develop as the disease evolves.
Safa Rahmouni   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease – A case report

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) is an uncommon interstitial lung disease that is characterized by an interstitial infiltrate of lymphoplasmacytic cells.
Chin-Wei Kuo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mixed connective tissue disease and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: A rare but important association

open access: yesUrology Case Reports, 2022
Idiopathic Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a fibro-inflammatory disease. In patients with known mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) it has rarely been described. Our case illustrates a unique presentation of RPF in a patient with MCTD.
Thomas Neerhut   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sjögren's syndrome: An underdiagnosed condition in mixed connective tissue disease

open access: yesClinics, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of sicca symptoms, dry eye, and secondary Sjögren's syndrome and to evaluate the severity of dry eye in patients with mixed connective tissue disease.
Fany Solange Usuba   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Progranulin autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis and autoimmune connective tissue disorders: A preliminary study

open access: yesImmunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2019
Objective The present study aimed to investigate progranulin autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis and autoimmune connective tissue disorders. Progranulin is a physiologic tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonist. Progranulin antibodies decrease progranulin
Philipp Klemm   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systemic lupus erythematosus and overlap: A clinician perspective

open access: yesClinical Dermatology Review, 2019
Autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, also termed as autoimmune collagen vascular diseases, as the name suggests are the group of illness arising from a combination of loss of tolerance to self-antigens and shifting of the immune system into self ...
Sanket Shah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

OVERLAP IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES EVALUATION OF 119 CASES [PDF]

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 1998
The overlap syndrome is a vague entity in the, group of connective tissue diseases. It is unclear whether it is fortuitous association of two or more connective tissue diseases (C'l'D). or a distinct disease. The early description of this syndrome was "a
S.G. Soroosh.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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