A Case Report of Systemic Sclerosis Complicated by Biventricular Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension and Review of Literature [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder whose aetiology is not fully understood. Skin fibrosis and visceral organs involvement are the hallmarks, and the heart could be disproportionately or subtly involved ...
Akinboro AO +3 more
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Incidental radiological finding of a renal tumour leading to the diagnosis of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome [PDF]
, 2011 Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant condition characterised by benign tumours of the hair follicle, renal cancer, pulmonary cysts and spontaneous pneumothorax.
Dewilde, Dirk +5 more
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Epicardial Nodules as the Initial Manifestation of Immunoglobulin G4–Related Pericarditis
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)–related pericarditis, an immune-mediated fibro-inflammatory condition, is a rare yet life-threatening disease presenting with constrictive pericarditis.
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, MD, PhD +4 more
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Case report: Epstein–Barr virus and constrictive pericarditis—An unusual combination
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 Constrictive pericarditis is a chronic inflammatory process that can lead to heart failure if not diagnosed and treated correctly. Although Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)–related pericarditis is a very rare condition, it should still be considered for a ...
Mario Panebianco +8 more
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with and without Anti-dsDNA Antibodies: Analysis from a Large Monocentric Cohort [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives. The anti-dsDNA antibodies are a marker for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and 70–98% of patients test positive. We evaluated the demographic, clinical, laboratory, and therapeutical features of a monocentric SLE cohort according to the ...
Alessandri, Cristiano +9 more
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Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2021 Autoimmune pericarditis often rises complex diagnosis and management problems. It is often characterized by a recurrent course and can be found by itself or as a part of classical autoimmune diseases.
Ștefana Maria Moisă +5 more
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Three-year outcomes of a once daily fractionation scheme for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using 3-D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT). [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this study was to report 3-year outcomes of toxicity, cosmesis, and local control using a once daily fractionation scheme (49.95 Gy in 3.33 Gy once daily fractions) for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using three-dimensional ...
Daroui, Parima +5 more
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Pericardial effusion caused by viral pericarditis in a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis
Renal Replacement Therapy, 2022 Background Acute pericarditis causes acute inflammation of the pericardium. Although most cases of pericarditis are idiopathic with no identifiable cause, its etiology can be infectious, such as viral, bacterial, mycotic, and tuberculous infections, or ...
Masahiro Egawa +8 more
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Immunogenicity and safety of three consecutive production lots of the non replicating smallpox vaccine MVA: A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled phase III trial [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundModified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) is a live, viral vaccine under advanced development as a non-replicating smallpox vaccine. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial was conducted to demonstrate the humoral ...
Chaplin, Paul +12 more
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Pericarditis constrictiva: multimodalidad
Revista Colombiana de Cardiología, 2019 Resumen: La pericarditis constrictiva es una entidad clínica que se manifiesta con signos y síntomas de insuficiencia cardiaca diastólica, causada por un pericardio anormalmente engrosado y rígido, o ambos, y disminución consecuente del llenado ...
Renato Quispe +2 more
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