Lung-dominant
connective tissue disease. Clinical, radiologic and histologic features.
While 1 (5%) was re-classified as un-differentiated
connective tissue disease. One patient reported with dyspnoea developed severe pulmonary hypertension.
A case of mixed
connective tissue disease complicated with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Case report and review of cardiac tamponade in mixed
connective tissue disease. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2006;55(5):826-30.
In contrast, ANA positivity supported the relationship between thyroid disorder and
connective tissue diseases. The diagnosis of SSc was ruled out because of the absence of findings suggesting Raynaud's phenomenon, skin and organ involvement, ANA staining pattern (non-centromeric), and anti-topoisomerase (anti-Scl 70).
* One third of cases coexist with
connective tissue disease or a myelodysplastic syndrome[1].
Many
connective tissue diseases feature similar and overlapping routes of damage, which may be the result of an immune system disorder and/or the weakening of collagen.
Additional chapters address the reproductive system and hormones; drug-induced lupus, childhood and adolescent lupus, and mixed
connective tissue disease and undifferentiated
connective tissue disease; assessment; management, including new therapies, issues in drug development, and socioeconomic and disability aspects; and outcomes.
Interstitial lung disease in the patient who has
connective tissue disease. Clin Chest Med 2004;25:549-559.
This multi-center, single arm study will enroll up to 40 patients with peripheral artery disease, Burger's disease, or with severe limb ischemia caused by
connective tissue disease. Each patient will receive an injection of their own ADRCs into the skeletal muscle at the affected area on the limb.
During his treatment at the UMass Memorial Medical Center, which involved intravenous infusions for kidney involvement because of a related
connective tissue disease, he saw children younger than he getting harsher treatments.
Scleroderma is an auto-immune
connective tissue disease in which blood flow is impaired causing the tissues in the fingers and toes to break down.