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Int J Paleopathol ; 43: 16-21, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37716107

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pathological changes in fossils from the Brazilian Intertropical Region (BIR), expanding the records of previously reported diseases for representatives of the Quaternary South American megafauna, including taxa not studied in previous works. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We carried out a thorough macroscopic analysis of fifteen unpublished specimens belonging to representatives of the Quaternary megafauna of BIR to identify evidence of pathological alterations. RESULTS: Alterations included: osteophytes in Toxodontidae, Megatheridae and E. laurillardi; rough subchondral bone, bone overgrowth and bone erosion in E. laurillardi; slit-shaped subchondral depressions in Equidae and E. laurillardi; and a triangular-shaped porous lesion in Mylodontidae. CONCLUSIONS: The alterations found allowed the recognition of the first cases of osteoarthritis for Toxodontidae and articular depressions for Equidae, and new cases of both diseases in Eremotherium laurillardi; a new case of osteochondritis dissecans for Mylodontidae; potential new cases of calcium pyrophosphate deposition and spondyloarthropathy for E. laurillardi SIGNIFICANCE: Our results provide additional evidence that calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease was widely spread among species of the South American megafauna and suggest that osteochondritis dissecans may have been relatively common among ground sloths. LIMITATIONS: The identification of calcium pyrophosphate deposition and spondyloarthropathy in E. laurillardi are quite tentative because the evidence found is ambiguous and the number of examined specimens is limited.


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Artropatias , Osteocondrite Dissecante , Espondiloartropatias , Xenarthra , Animais , Osteocondrite Dissecante/patologia , Brasil , Pirofosfato de Cálcio , Equidae
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Rev. cuba. med ; 61(1)mar. 2022.
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS, CUMED | ID: biblio-1408978

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Introducción: Las espondiloartropatías son enfermedades caracterizadas por la inflamación del esqueleto axial, de las articulaciones periféricas y de las inversiones tendinosas. Muchas de las alteraciones en pacientes asintomáticos con sinovitis y entesitis subclínica han sido reveladas mediante ultrasonido, técnica adecuada para evaluar este padecimiento. Objetivo: Evaluar las características ecográficas sobre el daño en la articulación de la rodilla en pacientes con diagnóstico de espondiloartropatías y su relación con la exploración clínico-analítica. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, transversal en pacientes con diagnóstico de EspA atendidos en el Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras en los servicios de Reumatología e Imagenología en el período entre enero de 2018 y agosto de 2020. Se estudiaron 53 pacientes con espondiloartropatías; 26 mujeres y 27 hombres; se examinaron 106 rodillas. Resultados: Predominaron pacientes con espondilitis anquilosante; 73,6 por ciento de los pacientes estudiados. De toda la muestra, el 43,4 por ciento tuvo actividad inflamatoria en la rodilla derecha y 37,7 por ciento fue bilateral. El 58,5 por ciento tuvo derrame articular; el 84 por ciento fue transparente. El 61,3 por ciento de los casos estudiados mostró engrosamiento sinovial y el 81,5 por ciento fue avascular. En la membrana vascularizada predominó el vaso recto, (12 por ciento). El 23,6 por ciento de la muestra tuvo quiste poplíteo. Conclusiones: El ultrasonido de alta resolución en la espondiloartropatía de la rodilla resultó una técnica útil para detectar engrosamiento de la membrana sinovial, derrame y el aumento de la vascularización. También se demostró que no existió relación entre los reactantes de fase aguda y la actividad inflamatoria, así como con la actividad Doppler en las espondiloartropatías en la rodilla en esta serie(AU)


Introduction: Spondyloarthropathies are diseases characterized by inflammation of the axial skeleton, peripheral joints and tendon inversions. Many of the alterations in asymptomatic patients with synovitis and subclinical enthesitis have been revealed by ultrasound, an adequate technique to evaluate this condition. Objective: To evaluate the ultrasound characteristics of knee joint damage in patients diagnosed with spondyloarthropathies and their relationship with clinical-analytical examination. Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 53 patients with spondyloarthropathies; 26 women and 27 men; 106 knees were examined. Results: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis predominated; 73.6 percent of the patients studied. Out of the entire sample, 43.4 percent had inflammatory activity in the right knee and 37.7 percent was bilateral. 58.5 percent had joint effusion; 84 percent were transparent. 61.3 percent of the cases studied showed synovial thickening and 81.5 percent was avascular. In the vascularized membrane, the vasa recto predominated (12 percent). 23.6 percent of the sample had a popliteal cyst. Conclusions: High resolution ultrasound in knee spondyloarthropathy was a useful technique to detect thickening of the synovial membrane, effusion and increased vascularization. It was also shown that there was no relationship between acute phase reactants and inflammatory activity, as well as Doppler activity in knee spondyloarthropathies in this series(AU)


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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Espondiloartropatias/epidemiologia , Traumatismos do Joelho/epidemiologia , Epidemiologia Descritiva , Estudos Transversais
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MULTIMED ; 26(3)2022. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | CUMED | ID: cum-78587

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Introducción: la artropatía enteropática representa una manifestación derivada de complicaciones inflamatorias intestinales. Presentación del caso: paciente de 53 años de edad, de piel blanca, femenina, que sufrió caída de sus pies, con trauma en rodilla izquierda que le ocasionó fractura de meseta tibial izquierda. Discusión: los estudios radiológicos fueron positivos y confirman el diagnóstico de la artropatía enteropática y fractura de platillos tibiales, se aplicaron pautas de tratamientos integradores funcionales. Conclusiones: con los tratamientos el paciente reportó efectos beneficiosos, se lograron los objetivos propuestos en la rehabilitación, así como la incorporación de la paciente a la sociedad con un mínimo de discapacidad e independencia(AU)


Introduction: enteropathic arthropathy represents a manifestation derived from intestinal inflammatory complications. Case presentation: 53-year-old white-skinned female patient who suffered a fall from her feet, with trauma to the left knee that caused a fracture of the left tibial plateau. Discussion: the radiological studies were positive and confirm the diagnosis of enteropathic arthropathy and tibial plateau fractures, functional integrative treatment guidelines were applied. Conclusions: with the treatments the patient reported beneficial effects, the objectives proposed in the rehabilitation were achieved, as well as the incorporation of the patient into society with a minimum of disability and independence(EU)


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Humanos , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Espondiloartropatias/epidemiologia , Espondiloartropatias/reabilitação , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais/complicações , Lesões do Menisco Tibial/terapia , Radiografia/métodos
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Rev. Bras. Ortop. (Online) ; 55(6): 796-799, Nov.-Dec. 2020. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: biblio-1156192

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Abstract Gout is a crystalline arthropathy frequent in the population, but gouty spondyloarthropathy, also called axial gout, is uncommon. The current case report presents a rare case of cervical myelopathy secondary to axial gout. A 50-year-old female patient, without previous pathologies, presented with loss of strength, altered sensitivity, and pyramidal release for 2 years. The computed tomography showed a lytic image in the spinous process of C7, and signs of myelopathy with myelomalacia on magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine. After the surgical procedure and biopsy of the material, the diagnosis was gout, and treatment for the pathology was started, with complete improvement of the condition. The diagnosis of axial gout should be included in the spectrum of the differential diagnosis of diseases that affect the spine. Although gouty spondyloarthritis (or spondylitis) is uncommon, there is an underestimated occurrence due to the lack of investigation of the cases. The early diagnosis and treatment of the pathology can prevent patients from presenting complications of the disease, as reported in the present study.


Resumo A gota é uma artropatia cristalina frequente na população; entretanto, a espondiloartropatia gotosa, também chamada de gota axial, é incomum. O presente relato de caso apresenta um caso raro de mielopatia cervical secundária a gota axial. Uma paciente de 50 anos de idade, sem patologias prévias, apresentou quadro de perda de força, alteração de sensibilidade e liberação piramidal há 2 anos. A tomografia computadorizada evidenciou imagem lítica no processo espinhoso de C7, e sinais de mielopatia com mielomalácia foram observados na ressonância magnética da coluna cervical. Após o procedimento cirúrgico e biópsia do material, o diagnóstico foi de gota, e o tratamento para a patologia foi iniciado, com melhora completa do quadro. O diagnóstico de gota axial deve ser incluído no espectro do diagnóstico diferencial das doenças que acometem a coluna vertebral. Apesar de a espondiloartrite gotosa ser incomum, há uma ocorrência subestimada devido a não investigação dos casos. O diagnóstico precoce e tratamento da patologia pode evitar que pacientes apresentem complicações da doença, como a relatada no presente estudo.


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Humanos , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Compressão da Medula Espinal , Doenças da Medula Espinal , Biópsia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Paraparesia , Espondiloartropatias , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Piramidal , Gota , Artropatias
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Rheumatol Int ; 40(11): 1857-1864, 2020 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32200425

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There is a high percentage of error in the approach of patients with joint pain by primary care physicians. An algorithm can help improve this misdiagnosis problem. Our study seeks to determine the effectiveness of an algorithm when used by primary care physicians for the diagnosis of cases of joint pain patients. A randomized clinical experiment was carried out. Primary care physicians from five cities in Colombia developed a series of clinical cases, which were presented to them through a website on their personal cell phones. Half of the doctors developed the cases using the diagnostic algorithm, and the other half developed the cases without the use of the algorithm. Main measures were proportion of correct diagnosis, number, type of laboratory and diagnostic images requested for the diagnostic approach of clinical cases. Two hundred and twenty-four primary care physicians participated. The overall proportion of cases correctly diagnosed was 37.3% higher in the intervention group; we found a greater difference in cases of spondyloarthritis (60.8%), followed by systemic lupus erythematosus with joint involvement (32.2%), rheumatoid arthritis (30.3%) and osteoarthritis (25.9%). The average number of tests requested to develop clinical cases was lower in the intervention group than in the control group, both globally and for each of the four diseases, with statistically significant differences for each of the comparisons. The diagnostic algorithm proved to be an effective tool when used by primary care physicians; the proportion of correct diagnoses increased, and the number of tests requested in the development of the cases decreased.


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Algoritmos , Artralgia/diagnóstico , Artrite Reumatoide/diagnóstico , Erros de Diagnóstico/prevenção & controle , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/diagnóstico , Osteoartrite/diagnóstico , Médicos de Atenção Primária , Espondiloartropatias/diagnóstico , Adulto , Artralgia/etiologia , Artrite Reumatoide/complicações , Colômbia , Feminino , Humanos , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/complicações , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoartrite/complicações , Distribuição Aleatória , Espondiloartropatias/complicações
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Semin Arthritis Rheum ; 50(3): 432-435, 2020 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31812352

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INTRODUCTION: During the last years, regulatory agencies raised some relevant concerns with regard to the possibility of administrating biological therapy (BT) to non-SpA patients. Especially, the possibility of treating women with fibromyalgia as non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) was mentioned. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate if the gender distribution and clinical pattern of patients with axSpA initiating biological therapy (BT) was modified in clinical practice after its approval for non radiographic-axSpA (nr-axSpA). METHODS: Baseline dataset from a prospective ongoing cohort including all patients with axSpA treated with BT at the Rheumatology Department of University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, was analysed. Patient's characteristics and disease activity parameters were collected. Based on the approval indication date of BT for nr-axSpA, patients were classified in two periods according to the starting date for the first BT: period 1 (before 2013) and period 2 (during or after 2013). Gender distribution and disease' characteristics were compared between both groups using Chi-square and Student-t tests. RESULTS: In total, 385 patients initiated BT: 266 (69%) in period 1 and 119 (31%) in period 2. No significant differences between both periods were observed regarding gender distribution (38% and 39% of women; p = 0.8). Out of those patients with nr-axSpA initiating BT in period 2, the majority (60%) were men. Women starting BT in period 2 had significantly higher systemic inflammation and mobility restriction compared with women in period 1 [median (interquartile range) CRP 10.2 mg/l (3.0-24.9) vs 3.2 mg/l (2.0-9.4); p = 0.02 and BASMI 2.7 (1.8-3.5) vs. 2.0 (1.2-2.6); p = 0.01, respectively]. In addition, they also presented significantly higher disease activity [BASDAI 6.5 (5.4-8.0) vs. 5.8 (4.6-6.8); p = 0.02; ASDAS, mean (SD) 3.6 ± 3.4 vs. 3.2 ± 1.0; p = 0.02, respectively] and more functional limitation [BASFI 5.7 (3.8-6.7) vs. 4.3 (2.0-6.1); p = 0.01, respectively] than men treated in period 2. CONCLUSIONS: In our clinical practice, the frequency of women who started BT did not increase since their approval for nr-axSpA. Women treated with BT after 2012 had more objective disease activity parameters than before their approval for nr-axSpA treatment.


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Produtos Biológicos/administração & dosagem , Espondiloartropatias/diagnóstico , Inibidores do Fator de Necrose Tumoral/administração & dosagem , Adulto , Produtos Biológicos/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Espanha , Espondiloartropatias/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores do Fator de Necrose Tumoral/efeitos adversos
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Edumecentro ; 11(3): 104-115, jul.-set. 2019. tab, graf
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-1089949

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RESUMEN Fundamento: la exploración de necesidades de capacitación es esencial para el diseño de estrategias educacionales que eleven la formación cualitativa de los profesionales, la calidad de los servicios y la utilización racional de los recursos. Objetivo: identificar las necesidades de capacitación para el diagnóstico genético de espondiloartropatías y uveítis en médicos del Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico "Hermanos Ameijeiras". Métodos: se realizó una investigación de tipo descriptiva cuanticualitativa, en la que se utilizaron métodos teóricos: análisis-síntesis, inducción-deducción e histórico-lógico; empíricos: revisión documental de indicaciones médicas y un cuestionario para clasificar las necesidades de capacitación en manifiestas y ocultas o encubiertas, y sentidas y no sentidas acerca de la correcta indicación del estudio genético para el diagnóstico de espondiloartropatías y uveítis; y matemático-estadísticos para el procesamiento de los datos. Resultados: la minoría de las indicaciones médicas mostró resultados positivos; es decir, los pacientes presentaron el alelo HLA B-27U. Las mayores insuficiencias de conocimientos sobre el tema las mostraron los residentes a diferencia de los especialistas que presentaron menos respuestas erróneas, aunque estos últimos manifestaron mayor percepción de necesidades de capacitación que los residentes, con lo que asumieron una actitud más abierta y flexible ante la superación. Conclusiones: se identificaron las necesidades de capacitación sobre el tema lo cual permite generar estrategias para lograr el uso racional de las herramientas moleculares en el diagnóstico genético de espondiloartropatías y uveítis en el personal médico.


ABSTRACT Background: the exploration of training needs is essential for the design of educational strategies that increase the qualitative training of professionals, the quality of services and the rational use of resources. Objective: to identify training needs for the genetic diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies and uveitis in physicians of the "Hermanos Ameijeiras" Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital. Methods: a descriptive quantitative-qualitative research was carried out, in which theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and historical-logical; empirical ones: documentary review of medical indications and a questionnaire to classify the training needs in manifest and hidden or covert, and felt and not felt about the correct indication of the genetic study for the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies and uveitis; and mathematical-statistics for data- processing. Results: the minority of the medical indications showed positive results; that is, the patients presented the HLA B-27U allele. The greatest knowledge shortcomings on the subject were shown by the residents, unlike the specialists who presented less wrong answers, although the latter expressed a greater perception of training needs than the residents, so they assumed a more open and flexible attitude towards overcoming. Conclusions: training needs on the subject were identified, which allows generating strategies to achieve the rational use of molecular tools in the genetic diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies and uveitis in medical personnel.


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Uveíte , Espondiloartropatias , Educação Médica , Capacitação em Serviço
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Rev. cuba. reumatol ; 20(3): e650, sept.-dic. 2018.
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS, CUMED | ID: biblio-1093790

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Introducción: La infección por VIH/SIDA constituye uno de los principales problemas de salud en el mundo con elevadas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad demostradas. En diferentes estudios epidemiológicos ha quedado confirmado que 36,3 millones de personas vivían con el VIH hasta el año 2015 en todo el mundo. Hasta este momento 78 millones han sido infectados desde 1981, año en que comenzó la epidemia, y el 25 por ciento de los pacientes desconocen que están infectados, lo cual propicia el contagio. Objetivo: Realizar una revisión bibliográfica relacionada con la infección por el VIH/SIDA, sus complicaciones en las enfermedades reumáticas y metabólicas y su respuesta al tratamiento antirretroviral de alta eficiencia. Método: Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica en bases de datos nacionales e internacionales y en diferentes fuentes de información para recuperar los artículos relacionados con el tema sobre el VIH-SIDA, las complicaciones reumáticas y metabólicas y su respuesta al tratamiento antirretroviral de alta eficiencia, tema escogido para este trabajo. Resultados: Se recuperaron 78 artículos y nueve textos que trataban temas relacionados con la infección por VIH-SIDA; de ellos fueron útiles para nuestros objetivos 55 documentos que forman parte de nuestras referencias bibliográficas, los cuales agrupamos de acuerdo con los diferentes temas planteados para este estudio y se llegó a conclusiones útiles para nuestra comunidad científica. Conclusiones: Las enfermedades reumáticas y autoinmunes han sido diagnosticadas con mucha frecuencia en los pacientes infectados con el VIH-SIDA en Cuba y en el mundo antes del tratamiento antirretroviral de alta eficiencia, mediante el cual ha aumentado la expectativa de supervivencia de estos enfermos y disminuido la aparición de síntomas clínicos y afecciones, así como infecciones oportunistas, después de su inclusión en el enfoque terapéutico(AU)


Introduction: HIV/AIDS infection is one of the main health problems worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality. Different epidemiological studies have confirmed that 36.3 million people worldwide were living with HIV until 2015. So far, 78 million have been infected since 1981, the year in which the epidemic began, and 25 percent of patients do not know they are infected, which spreads infection. Objective: To carry out a literature review about HIV/AIDS infection, its complications in rheumatic metabolic manifestations, and its response to highly efficient antiretroviral treatment. Method: A literature search was carried out in the databases PudMed/MEDLINE, Cumed and Lilac, as well as in the regional information sources SciELO and ScienceDirect, using the key phrases manifestaciones reumáticas y VIH-SIDA [rheumatic manifestations and HIV-AIDS], complicaciones metabólicas y VIH-SIDA [metabolic complications and HIV-AIDS], tratamiento antirretroviral de alta eficiencia y VIH-SIDA [high-efficiency antiretroviral treatment and HIV-AIDS], in order to recover the articles about HIV-AIDS and rheumatic and metabolic complications and their response to highly efficient antiretroviral treatment. Results: 78 articles and nine texts dealing about the aforementioned topics were recovered; of them, 55 documents that are part of our bibliographical references were useful for our purposes, which were grouped according to the different topics proposed for this study. We reached useful conclusions for our scientific community. Conclusions: Rheumatic and autoimmune diseases have been diagnosed very frequently in patients infected with HIV/AIDS in Cuba and worldwide during the era prior to highly efficient antiretroviral treatment. Its incorporation into the therapeutic approach has increased the survival expectations of these patients, in addition to the substantial decrease in the appearance of clinical symptoms and conditions, especially the inflammatory arthritic conditions, seronegative spondyloarthropathies, psoriasis and opportunistic infections(AU)


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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Doenças Autoimunes , Doenças Reumáticas/complicações , Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/complicações , HIV/metabolismo , Espondiloartropatias , Estudos Epidemiológicos , Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade/métodos
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Naturwissenschaften ; 105(9-10): 51, 2018 Aug 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30291451

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Inflammatory arthritis is documented for the first time in snakes. Ossification of the intervertebral capsule and zygapophyseal joints resulting in segmental vertebral fusion was observed in the aquatic Cretaceous snake Lunaophis aquaticus. Such pathologic alterations are pathognomonic for the spondyloarthropathy form of inflammatory arthritis. A survey of 2144 snakes in recent collections, performed to identify Holocene prevalence, revealed only two occurrences in extant snakes. The findings in Bitis gabonica and Elaphe taeniura were indistinguishable from those noted in Lunaophis aquaticus and identical to those previously recognized in modern varanids. The pathology likely represents a form of reactive arthritis related to enteropathic infection. While the disease probably did not affect general locomotion, its vertebral column position may have compromised mating.


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Fósseis , Serpentes/anatomia & histologia , Coluna Vertebral/patologia , Espondiloartropatias/patologia , Animais , Evolução Biológica , Coluna Vertebral/anatomia & histologia
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Cir Cir ; 86(5): 388-391, 2018.
Artigo em Espanhol | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30226492

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INTRODUCCIÓN: Las alteraciones en la composición corporal total podrían influir sobre la fuerza, el dolor y la discapacidad en pacientes con espondiloartrosis lumbar. OBJETIVO: Analizar la asociación de la composición corporal total con la fuerza muscular del tronco, el dolor y la discapacidad en pacientes con espondiloartrosis lumbar. MÉTODO: Estudio piloto en mayores de 50 años con dolor crónico de espalda baja y espondiloartrosis lumbar. Se excluyeron pacientes con diabetes mellitus, depresión, ansiedad, artropatías inflamatorias, fracturas vertebrales, escoliosis, cirugías de columna, cardiopatías, hipertensión arterial, radiculopatía o claudicación neurogénica. Se recolectaron datos sobre tiempo de evolución, composición corporal (masa grasa y muscular total), fuerza del tronco (isocinesia), dolor (escala numérica verbal) y discapacidad (Roland Morris). Análisis estadístico con U de Mann-Whitney y correlaciones de Spearman. RESULTADOS: 27 pacientes (18 mujeres y 9 hombres) con edad de 58.59 ± 6.98 años. La masa muscular total se asoció con el dolor (rho: -0.63, p = 0.001) y con la fuerza del tronco (flexores rho: -0.42, p = 0.02; extensores rho: -0.50, p = 0.007), sin correlación con la discapacidad. No se encontró correlación de la masa grasa con ninguna de las variables. CONCLUSIÓN: La disminución de la masa muscular se asocia con el dolor, pero no con la discapacidad, en pacientes con espondiloartrosis lumbar. BACKGROUND: Variations in body composition among patients with lumbar osteoarthritis may influence pain and disability and muscle strength. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationship between body composition with pain, disability and muscle strength, in patients with lumbar osteoarthritis. METHODS: Pilot study in patients older than 50 years of age, with chronic low back pain and lumbar osteoarthritis, who agreed to participate through informed consent. We excluded patients with diabetes mellitus, depression, anxiety, inflammatory arthropathies, vertebral fractures, idiopathic scoliosis, spinal surgery, heart disease or hypertension, radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication. Data on evolution time, body composition (total body fat and muscle mass), trunk strength, pain (numerical rating scale), and disability (Roland Morris questionnaire) were collected. Mann-Whitney U-test and Spearman correlations were performed. RESULTS: 27 patients (18 women and 9 men) aged 58.59 ± 6.98 years. Negative correlations between muscle mass with pain (rho: −0.63, p = 0.001) and strength (flexors rho: −0.42, p = 0.02; extensors rho: −0.50, p = 0.007) were found, without correlation with disability. No correlations of fat mass with pain or disability were found. CONCLUSION: Decreased of muscle mass were associated with higher pain scores without influencing the disability in patients with lumbar osteoarthritis..


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Dor Lombar/fisiopatologia , Vértebras Lombares/patologia , Força Muscular/fisiologia , Espondiloartropatias/fisiopatologia , Composição Corporal , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Limitação da Mobilidade , Medição da Dor , Projetos Piloto , Tronco
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Rev. chil. reumatol ; 34(1): 4-8, 2018. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-1254080

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Alrededor de un tercio de los afectados por espondiloartropatías hará uveítis. Casi siempre serán uveítis anteriores, agudas, unilaterales y autolimitadas, que alter-narán entre uno y otro ojo. El tratamiento de elección es el corticoide tópico du-rante la crisis, que habitualmente resolverá en un plazo no mayor a doce semanas. Hay varias estrategias para reducir la frecuencia e intensidad de las crisis, las que han sido evaluadas en pequeños estudios en sujetos con tres o más episodios anuales. Han sido beneficiosos el metotrexato, sulfasalazina y antiinflamatorios no esteroidales (AI-NEs), estos últimos en dosis de dos veces por día, no así los AINEs en toma única diaria. Los agentes biológicos anti factor de necrosis tumoral (anti-TNF por su sigla en in-glés), excepto el etanercept, se asocian a muy altos índices de prevención de recidivas en estudios observacionales, pero los estudios comparativos sólo se han hecho para uveítis no-anteriores.


About one third of all subjects affected by spondiloarthropaties will suffer from uve-itis. These will happen to be acute, anterior, unilateral and self-limited uveitis attacks, alternating between one and other eye. First choice treatment consists of topical cor-ticosteroid during the episode that will usually resolve in no more than twelve weeks. There are several useful strategies to reduce the frequency and intensity of the uveitis at-tacks. These have been studied in small trials with reduced number of subjects suffering from three or more episodes per year. They have shown a beneficial effect for methotrex-ate, sulfasalazine and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), these last when prescribed twice a day, without proven benefit from taking single daily doses of NSAIDs. Anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) biologic agents, except for etanercept, are asso-ciated to a huge reduction in the frequency of uveitis attacks in observational studies, but comparative trials available have addressed non-anterior uveitis exclusively.


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Humanos , Uveíte Anterior/complicações , Uveíte Anterior/tratamento farmacológico , Espondiloartropatias/complicações , Artrite Psoriásica/terapia , Uveíte Anterior/epidemiologia , Antirreumáticos/uso terapêutico
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Sao Paulo Med J ; 135(6): 535-540, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29267515

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BACKGROUND: Thyroid autoimmunity is more common in patients with rheumatic diseases than in healthy populations. The degree of association seems subject to influence from patients' geographical location. Here, we aimed to ascertain the prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in a cohort of patients with systemic rheumatic disease and the degree of association between its presence and inflammatory activity. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional observational study in a rheumatology unit. METHODS: 301 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 210 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 58 with scleroderma (SSc) and 80 with spondyloarthritis (SpA) were studied regarding thyroid function (TSH and T4), anti-thyroglobulin (TgAb) and anti-thyroperoxidase (TPOab) and compared with 141 healthy controls. Disease activity in patients with rheumatic disease was assessed through appropriate indexes. RESULTS: There were more antithyroid antibodies in SLE patients with hypothyroidism (P = 0.01; odds ratio, OR 2.7; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.20-6.26) and in those without hypothyroidism (P = 0.06; OR 2.4; 95% CI: 1.28-4.55) than in controls. SSc patients also showed: P = 0.03 both with antithyroid antibodies and hypothyroidism (OR 3.4; 95% CI: 1.06-10.80) and without hypothyroidism (OR 3.1; 95% CI: 1.11-0.13). RA and SpA patients had the same prevalence as controls (P not significant). Presence of autoantibodies with and without hypothyroidism was not associated with the activity or functional indexes evaluated. CONCLUSION: SLE and SSc were associated with higher prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in patients with and without hypothyroidism, unlike SpA and RA. There was no link between thyroid autoantibody presence and disease activity or functional impairment.


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Autoanticorpos/sangue , Doenças Autoimunes/sangue , Iodeto Peroxidase/sangue , Doenças Reumáticas/sangue , Adulto , Artrite Reumatoide/sangue , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Estudos Transversais , Avaliação da Deficiência , Feminino , Humanos , Iodeto Peroxidase/imunologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/sangue , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Doenças Reumáticas/imunologia , Escleroderma Sistêmico/sangue , Escleroderma Sistêmico/imunologia , Espondiloartropatias/sangue , Espondiloartropatias/imunologia
16.
São Paulo med. j ; São Paulo med. j;135(6): 535-540, Nov.-Dec. 2017. tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: biblio-904120

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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Thyroid autoimmunity is more common in patients with rheumatic diseases than in healthy populations. The degree of association seems subject to influence from patients' geographical location. Here, we aimed to ascertain the prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in a cohort of patients with systemic rheumatic disease and the degree of association between its presence and inflammatory activity. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional observational study in a rheumatology unit. METHODS: 301 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 210 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 58 with scleroderma (SSc) and 80 with spondyloarthritis (SpA) were studied regarding thyroid function (TSH and T4), anti-thyroglobulin (TgAb) and anti-thyroperoxidase (TPOab) and compared with 141 healthy controls. Disease activity in patients with rheumatic disease was assessed through appropriate indexes. RESULTS: There were more antithyroid antibodies in SLE patients with hypothyroidism (P = 0.01; odds ratio, OR 2.7; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.20-6.26) and in those without hypothyroidism (P = 0.06; OR 2.4; 95% CI: 1.28-4.55) than in controls. SSc patients also showed: P = 0.03 both with antithyroid antibodies and hypothyroidism (OR 3.4; 95% CI: 1.06-10.80) and without hypothyroidism (OR 3.1; 95% CI: 1.11-0.13). RA and SpA patients had the same prevalence as controls (P not significant). Presence of autoantibodies with and without hypothyroidism was not associated with the activity or functional indexes evaluated. CONCLUSION: SLE and SSc were associated with higher prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in patients with and without hypothyroidism, unlike SpA and RA. There was no link between thyroid autoantibody presence and disease activity or functional impairment.


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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Autoanticorpos/sangue , Doenças Autoimunes/sangue , Doenças Reumáticas/sangue , Iodeto Peroxidase/sangue , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Artrite Reumatoide/sangue , Escleroderma Sistêmico/imunologia , Escleroderma Sistêmico/sangue , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Doenças Reumáticas/imunologia , Prevalência , Estudos Transversais , Espondiloartropatias/imunologia , Espondiloartropatias/sangue , Avaliação da Deficiência , Iodeto Peroxidase/imunologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/sangue
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Rev. cient. Esc. Univ. Cienc. Salud ; 4(1): 34-38, ene.-jun. 2017. tab
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-883127

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El dolor lumbar se define como un síndrome mus - culoesquelético cuyo principal síntoma es la pre- sencia de dolor focalizado en el área comprendi - da entre la región costal inferior y la región sacra, y que en ocasiones puede comprometer la región glútea, provocando disminución funcional. Objetivo: Identificar las lesiones lumbares diagnosticadas por medio de estudio radiográfico de columna lumbar. Pacientes y Métodos: Estudio descriptivo, retrospec- tivo, comprendido entre 2014 y 2016, en los pacien - tes que asistieron a Mediscan para la realización de estudio radiográfico de columna lumbosacra con una muestra de 687 pacientes. Resultados: De los 687 pacientes, 309(44.9%) del género masculino, 378(55.1%) del género femenino. 211 tenían en- tre 51-60 años. De los pacientes del género mas- culino 103 (33.33%) tenían espondiloartrosis y 63 (20.39%) tenían canal espinal estrecho, en el gé- nero femenino 162 (42.86%) tenían espondiloartro - sis, 83(21.96%) discopatía lumbar. En 562 pacien - tes, se encontró lesión en el estudio radiológico, 264(46.9%) a nivel de L4- L5 Conclusión: La lum- balgia se presenta más en pacientes del género femenino, con mayor frecuencia entre 51-60 años. La patología más diagnosticada fue la espondi - loartrosis y el segmento más afectado fue L4-L5...(AU)


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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nádegas/lesões , Dor Lombar , Vértebras Lombares/lesões , Região Sacrococcígea/lesões , Espondiloartropatias
18.
In. Noya Chaveco, María Elena; Moya González, Noel Lorenzo. Roca Goderich. Temas de Medicina Interna. Tomo III. Quinta edición. La Habana, ECIMED, 5 ed; 2017. .
Monografia em Espanhol | CUMED | ID: cum-67982
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Rev. electron ; 41(5)may 2016.
Artigo em Espanhol | CUMED | ID: cum-65918

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Las espondiloartropatías son la segunda causa más frecuente de artritis inflamatorias autoinmunes en los humanos. Los antígenos HLA-B27, codificados por genes ubicados en el brazo corto del cromosoma 6, han sido señalados como un marcador genético diagnóstico de estas enfermedades, por su alta asociación; sin embargo, su papel en la inmunopatogenia ha sido polémico y contradictorio, ya que siendo elementos claves en la defensa frente a agentes externos, o extraños al organismo, se involucran en una respuesta autoinmune. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica con el objetivo de profundizar en la inmunogenética de las espondiloartropatías, haciendo énfasis en el papel del HLA-B27. Se presentan las hipótesis más documentadas de la participación de este antígeno en la patogenia de las espondiloartropatías, teniendo en cuenta enfoques que van desde la genética hasta la bioquímica; así como, propiedades dinámicas estructurales del complejo HLA-B27-péptido. La revisión permite un mejor entendimiento de la etiopatogenia de las espondiloartropatías, sus manifestaciones clínicas y, de manera especial, la apertura de perspectivas terapéuticas (AU)


Spondylo-arthropathies are the second most frequent cause of autoimmune inflammatory arthritis in human beings. HLA-B27 antigens, coded by genes located in the shorter arm of chromosome 6, have been pointed out as a genetic marker for the diagnosis of these diseases because of its high as sociation. However, its role within immuno-pathogenesis has been controversial and contradictory; based on the fact of being key elements in the defense against bodies foreign to the organism, they are involved in an autoimmune response. This literature review has been carried out with the objective to deepen into the immunogenetics of spondylo-arthropathies, making emphasis on the role of HLA-B27. The most documented hypotheses on the presence of HLA-B27 in the pathogenesis of spondylo-arthropathies were presented, taking into account approaches ranging from genetics to biochemistry, as well as the structural dynamic properties of the HLA B27-peptide complex. This review allows a better understanding of the etio-pathogenesis of the spondyloarthropathies, its clinical manifestations and specially, the opening of therapeutic perspectives (AU)


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Humanos , Espondiloartropatias , Imunogenética
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Rev. electron ; 41(5)may 2016. graf, tab
Artigo em Espanhol | CUMED | ID: cum-65914

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Fundamento: Cuba ha iniciado un programa nacional de diagnóstico del antígeno HLA-B27 a través del análisis molecular, considerando este antígeno como marcador genético de susceptibilidad para las espondiloartropatías.Objetivo: describir los resultados del programa nacional de diagnóstico del antígeno HLA-B27 en pacientes de la provincia Las Tunas.Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo, del año 2012 al 2015, utilizando como población de estudio los 126 pacientes en registro genético, a los cuales se les indicó el antígeno HLA-B27. Se evaluaron los resultados y variables socio-demográficas.Resultados: se encontró una positividad de 17,4 por ciento en la población de estudio, representando una tasa de 0,04 por cada 1000 habitantes de nuestra provincia. En los casos positivos predominó el sexo masculino y el grupo de edad se modificó según el sexo, en los masculinos predominó entre los 31 y 40 años, mientras en las féminas fue de 21 a 30 años. Los municipios con mayor positividad resultaron ser Las Tunas y Jobabo.Conclusiones: se aplica el programa nacional de diagnóstico del antígeno HLA-B27 en la provincia, con detección de una mayor incidencia en el municipio de Las Tunas (AU)


Background: Cuba has started a national program to diagnose the human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) through molecular analysis, considering this antigen as a genetic marker for susceptibility to spondylo - arthropathies.Objective: to describe the results of the national program to diagnose the HLA-B27 in patients from Las Tunas province.Methods: a retrospective-descriptive study was carried out from 2012 to 2015, using as a study population the 126 patients in genetic record, who were prescribed the HLA-B27. The socio-demographic variables and results were assessed.Results: 17,4 percent of positivity was found in the study population, representing a rate of 0,04 per each 1000 inhabitants of our province. In the positive cases males predominated and the age group was modified by sex, in males the age group between 31 and 40 years prevailed, while in females it was from 21 to 30 years old. Las Tunas, followed by Jobabo, were the municipalities with the highest positivity.Conclusions: the diagnosis national program of HLA-B27 was applied in the province, with detection of a higher incidence in Las Tunas municipality (AU)


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Humanos , Espondiloartropatias , Antígeno HLA-B27/análise
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