Abstracts tagged "sarcoidosis"

Abstract Number: 2099 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Elderly – Onset Sarcoidosis: a Single Center Comparative Study
Senol Kobak¹, Fidan Yildiz², Huseyin Semiz³ and Mehmet Orman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Istinye University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Chest Diseases, Medicalpark Hospital, İzmir, Turkey, ³Internal Medicine, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey, ⁴Statistics, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous inflamatory disease characterized with non-caseified granuloma formation. It is rarely affects patients older than 65 years old..The purpose of…
Abstract Number: 1333 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Relevance of Granulomatous Presentation for the Diagnosis and Outcome of Uveitis: Retrospective Case-Control Study of 251 Patients
Jérôme Hadjadj¹, Thibault Chapron², Manal Assala¹, Sawsen Salah², Bertrand Dunogue¹, Matthieu Groh³, Philippe Blanche¹, Luc Mouthon⁴, Dominique Monnet², Claire Le Jeunne⁴, Antoine Brezin² and Benjamin Terrier³, ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Ophtalmology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Findings of ophthalmologic examination can guide the diagnostic management of uveitis. Granulomatous presentation is commonly associated with peculiar causes, including infections, eye-restricted diseases, or…
Abstract Number: 1395 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Prevalence and Significance of MEFV GENE Mutations in Patients with Sarcoidosis
Senol Kobak¹, Fidan Sever², Ozlem Goksel³, Tuncay Goksel³, Mehmet Orman⁴ and Afig Berdeli⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Sifa University Faculty of Medicine, 35100, Turkey, ²Chest Disease, Sifa University, Izmir, Turkey, ³Chest Disease, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Ege University Department of Statistic, Associated Professor, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease. Pyrin, is encoded by the MEFV gene and has anti-inflammatory effects in the inflammasoma regulation. MEFV gene mutations…
Abstract Number: 1247 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
The Prevalence of Sacroiliitis and Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Sarcoidosis
Senol Kobak¹, Fidan Sever², Ozlem Ince³ and Mehmet Orman⁴, ¹Rheumatology, SIFA UNIVERSITY, Izmir, Turkey, ²Chest Disease, Sifa University, Izmir, Turkey, ³Radiology, Sifa University, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Ege University Department of Statistic, Associated Professor, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease, which can involve different organs and systems. Coexistence of sarcoidosis and spondyloarthritis has been reported in numerous case…
Abstract Number: 2014 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Cigarette Smoking and Male Sex Are Independent Risk Factors For Ocular Sarcoidosis
Adam Janot¹, Dörte Huscher², McCall Walker³, Harmanjot K. Grewal⁴, Mary Yu¹, Matthew R. Lammi^5,6 and Lesley Ann Saketkoo^7,8, ¹Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ²German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ³LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Rheumatology, Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁶Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁷LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁸Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ system granulomatous disease of unknown origin with an incidence of 1-40/100,000. Though pulmonary manifestations are predominant, ocular morbidity is characteristic. …