Abstract Number: 1462 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Farber Disease: Important Differential Diagnostic Information for JIA and Other Inflammatory Arthritis Phenotypes Is Revealed By Data from the Largest Clinical Cohort to Date
Background/Purpose: Farber disease (Farber lipogranulomatosis; acid ceramidase deficiency) is a rare lysosomal storage disorder resulting from the inherited deficiency of the enzyme acid ceramidase due…Abstract Number: 3033 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Polyarteritis Nodosa and Cutaneous Arteritis: Are They Distinct Diseases?
Background/Purpose: Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare systemic necrotizing vasculitis predominantly targeting medium-sized visceral arteries. Cutaneous arteritis (CA) is generally limited to the medium-sized vessels…Abstract Number: 804 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vasculitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Study of 32 Patients with Both Conditions and Systematic Review of the Literature
Background/Purpose: Small case series suggested that vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; Crohn’s disease [CD] or ulcerative colitis [UC]) can co-occur more commonly than the…Abstract Number: 2776 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drug-Associated Cutaneous Vasculitis: Study of 239 Patients from a Single Referral Center
Background/Purpose The 2012 International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference on the Nomenclature of Vasculitides defined drug-associated immune complex vasculitis as a distinct entity included within the…Abstract Number: 1548 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cutaneous Vasculitis as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis (CLV) may be associated with malignancies, and sometimes it behaves as a paraneoplastic syndrome. This association has been reported in a…Abstract Number: 1507 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Propylthiouracil Reduces Fibrosis in Chronic Oxidant Stress Mouse Model of Scleroderma
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by fibrosis of skin and visceral organs; vascular damage and resultant ischemia; and immunological dysregulation manifested by autoantibodies. Hypothyroidism,…Abstract Number: 1508 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simvastatin Attenuates Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Murine Model of Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Simvastatin is best known for its antilipidemic action due to its inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoenzymeA (HMG CoA) reductase. Inhibition of biological precursors in this pathway also…