{"title":"Suspected role of ofloxacin in a case of arthalgia, myalgia, and multiple tendinopathy.","authors":"N Schwald, S Debray-Meignan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 53-year-old woman on ofloxacin developed myalgia, arthralgia, and tendinopathy. Her symptoms resolved after ofloxacin discontinuation. Although tendinopathy is a well-documented complication of quinolone therapy, there have been few reports of muscle symptoms. Concomitant involvement of the tendons, muscles, and joints has been exceedingly rare. Inhaled glucocorticoid therapy and moderate hypothyroidism were probably precipitating factors in our patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 7-9","pages":"419-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21387634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
X V Pham, I Monteiro, O Judet, J F Sissakian, P Plantin, P Aegerter, J M Le Parc
{"title":"Magnetic resonance imaging changes in periarticular soft tissues during flares of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Preliminary study in 10 patients.","authors":"X V Pham, I Monteiro, O Judet, J F Sissakian, P Plantin, P Aegerter, J M Le Parc","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To quantify changes in magnetic resonance imaging signals from the deep and superficial capsulo-ligamentous planes and the medial collateral ligament in flares of knee osteoarthritis.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>Preliminary prospective study of ten patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis meeting American College of Rheumatology criteria and associated with a Lequesne index of 5 or more. A grid was used to evaluate signal changes as compared to the opposite (asymptomatic) knee. Magnetic resonance images were read independently by two radiologists blinded to clinical data.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>In all ten patients the capsulo-ligamentous planes and medial collateral ligament generated low signal on T1 images and high signal on T2 images. No significant changes were seen in the asymptomatic knee. The evaluation grid produced satisfactory interobserver agreement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Flares of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis are associated with changes in magnetic signal as compared to the contralateral asymptomatic osteoarthritic knee. The grid developed for this study could be used to evaluate the effects of treatment in a larger number of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 7-9","pages":"398-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21387630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acute calcific tendinitis in children.","authors":"S Lassoued, T Billey, J P Millet, A O Henia","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute calcific tendinitis is uncommon in children. Clinical manifestations are similar to those in adults. The abrupt onset, functional impairment, and frequent presence of fever suggest an infection. Radiographic findings establish the diagnosis, obviating the need for further investigations.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 7-9","pages":"422-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21387576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synovial membrane metaplasia to secondary lymphoid organs: role in the pathogenesis of auto-immune arthritis.","authors":"J M Berthelot, R Bataille, Y Maugars, A Prost","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 7-9","pages":"410-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21387631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M D Campos-Almaraz, O Barbosa-Cisneros, R Herrera-Esparza
{"title":"Ro60 ribonucleoprotein inhibits transcription by T3 RNA polymerase in vitro.","authors":"M D Campos-Almaraz, O Barbosa-Cisneros, R Herrera-Esparza","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ro60 ribonucleoprotein is a conserved molecule belonging to the family of Ro ribonucleoproteins and targeted by autoantibodies produced in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or Sjogren's syndrome. Ro60 plays a role in postranscription events, as well as in the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of RNA polymerase III transcripts.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the in vitro effects of Ro60 on T3 RNA polymerase transcription.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ro60 ribonucleoprotein was affinity-purified from human spleen extracts using 4B-Sepharose linked to anti-Ro60 monoclonal antibodies. Purified Ro60 was incorporated into the T3 RNA polymerase transcription reaction system using pTRI-beta-Actin-human DNA as a template.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ro60 inhibited initiation of the transcription process in a dose-dependent manner; neither elongation nor termination was affected by Ro.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In vitro, Ro60 appears to inhibit the transcription of a T3 RNA polymerase-dependent template.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 6","pages":"310-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21284194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current aspects of the pathogenesis and therapy of Wegener's granulomatosis.","authors":"W L Gross, A Trabandt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 6","pages":"299-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21284192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J M Berthelot, D Huguet, F Gouin, J Letenneur, A Bertrand-Vasseur, A Moreau, R Lemaitre, Y Maugars, A Prost
{"title":"Multiple rheumatoid bursitis with migrating chylous cysts. Report of a case in a European woman and review of the literature.","authors":"J M Berthelot, D Huguet, F Gouin, J Letenneur, A Bertrand-Vasseur, A Moreau, R Lemaitre, Y Maugars, A Prost","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a case of recurrent multiple bursitis (19 episodes at nine sites) requiring seven surgical procedures in a European women with a 38-year history of severe, nodular, destructive seropositive rheumatoid arthritis unresponsive to second-line drugs. The episodes of bursitis were not correlated with activity of the joint disease. Some cysts migrated over a considerable distance. At least two cysts contained chylous fluid. The histologic study of one cyst demonstrated a cholesterol crystal granuloma. Potential relationships linking cholesterol crystals, chylous cysts, and migrating multiple bursitis are discussed. The relevant literature is reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 6","pages":"354-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21285429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Herrera-Esparza, E Avalos-Diaz, O Barbosa-Cisneros
{"title":"Anti-NuMA antibodies: an uncommon specificity in scleroderma sera.","authors":"R Herrera-Esparza, E Avalos-Diaz, O Barbosa-Cisneros","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Serum antibodies in scleroderma patients are generally directed against the nucleolus and centromeres. A small proportion of patients have serum antibodies to the centrioles and mitotic apparatus.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the prevalence of serum autoantibodies against the mitotic apparatus in scleroderma patients.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Sera from 113 patients with various forms of scleroderma were tested for antinuclear antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence on HEp-2 cells. The specificity of the antibodies was determined by Western blot.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only two scleroderma sera recognized the mitotic apparatus. Western blot results showed that in both cases the target was an about 235 kDa protein corresponding to the NuMA determinant. Affinity-purified anti-NuMa antibodies were used to perform immunolocalization in synchronized HEp-2 cells using scanning laser confocal microscopy. The anti-NuMA autoantibodies recognized the mitotic asters but neither the centrioles nor the microtubules.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our data suggest that anti-NuMA autoantibodies may be devoid of clinical significance in scleroderma. However, they remain useful as probes in cell biology studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 6","pages":"315-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21284195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Lohse, J Despaux, B Auge, E Toussirot, D Wendling
{"title":"Pneumococcal polyarticular septic arthritis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"A Lohse, J Despaux, B Auge, E Toussirot, D Wendling","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rheumatoid arthritis is the most commonly reported host-related risk factor for septic arthritis. This risk is highest in severe, seropositive, long-standing (mean, 10 years) rheumatoid arthritis responsible for extraarticular symptoms and treated with systemic glucocorticoids. The clinical presentation of the joint infection is often atypical, leading to diagnostic wanderings. In 25% of cases, the infection is polyarticular, with 3.5 involved joints on average. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common causative organism. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes 5% of all cases of septic arthritis and is more often responsible for polyarticular infections than other organisms. Polyarticular septic arthritis carries a poor prognosis, with a mortality rate of 50% in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Despite its low incidence, polyarticular septic arthritis should be routinely considered in the differential diagnosis of rheumatoid flares. We report a case of pneumococcal septic arthritis involving five joints in a patient with known rheumatoid arthritis. Three other cases with involvement of more than four joints have been published.</p>","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 6","pages":"344-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21285426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M A Gonzalez-Gay, C Garcia-Porrua, M Lueiro, M L Fernandez, E Afonso, D Basanta, C Moreno-Lugris
{"title":"Scurvy can mimick cutaneous vasculitis. Three case reports.","authors":"M A Gonzalez-Gay, C Garcia-Porrua, M Lueiro, M L Fernandez, E Afonso, D Basanta, C Moreno-Lugris","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79371,"journal":{"name":"Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.)","volume":"66 6","pages":"360-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21285431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}