mixed connective tissue disease/headache

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical and immunological profile of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) in rheumatic disease population. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 6400 cases of rheumatic disease population who took treatment in the Department of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai

A 33-year-old woman with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) presented with headache, fever, thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and renal involvement due to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). She did not improve after treatment with prednisolone, fresh frozen plasma, antiplatelet agents,

A rare case of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) with acute polyradiculoneuropathy is reported. A 23-year-old woman presented with high body temperature, arthralgia and a headache, and developed gait disturbance two weeks later. She had many clinical features common to patients with MCTD. Her

This is the first report describing hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis which developed in association with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). A 56-year-old man with a two-year history of MCTD gradually developed symptoms of headache and blurred vision. Bilateral papilledema and increased

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) or overlap syndrome is a rare disease. It has overlapping features of more than one autoimmune disease with high titer of anti-ribonucleoprotein antibodies against U1. We present a 12-year-old Saudi male patient who was presented to the dental clinic

A 21-year-old female with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) experienced nausea, headache, consciousness disturbance, nuchal rigidity, and a temperature of 38.5 less than or equal to C three days after the intake of sulindac (300 mg/day). Cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed an opening pressure

BACKGROUND Posterior reversible encephalopathy is a syndrome highly associated with hypertension and cytotoxic therapy. The syndrome typically presents with headache, visual abnormality, seizures and characteristic vasogenic edema on magnetic resonance imaging. The entity warrants a prompt diagnosis

A great variety of skin manifestations and the frequent occurrence of cold sensitivity, vascular symptoms with peripheral painful ulcerations, headache of migraine type, and muscle and joint symptoms are described in a series of 12 patients with an overlap syndrome compatible with mixed connective

A study was done that involved 46 patients with high-titer serum antibody to ribonucleoprotein (RNP). Common cutaneous manifestations included swollen hands or sclerodactyly (50 percent), cutaneous lupus erythematosus (48 percent), periungual telangiectasia (46 percent), alopecia (46 percent),

The clinical features of progression sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo in combination with the radiologic finding of a contrast-enhancing mass within the inner auditory canal are suggestive of an acoustic neuroma. We report our findings in a 57-year-old woman with known mixed connective tissue

OBJECTIVE We analysed our experience with the use of iloprost for the treatment of critical ischaemic digits (ID) in children with connective tissue diseases (CTD) in order to assess its safety and efficacy. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of paediatric patients with CTD who were treated

27 patients (22 women, 5 men); age 17 to 56 yr. (mean age 37 yr.) were included in this study, 4 had primary antiphospholipid syndrome and 18 secondary antiphospholipid syndrome in the course of systemic connective tissue disease and in 5 cases increased levels of anticardiolipid antibodies were

The purpose of this study was to consider the possible role of autoimmune diseases and paraneoplastic syndrome in the genesis of tinnitus. The incidence of autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) is rare, accounting for <1% of all cases of hearing impairment and dizziness. In presence of auditory and

Raynaud's phenomenon is a vasospastic disease characterized by digital pallor, cyanosis, and extremity pain. Primary Raynaud's phenomenon is not associated with underlying disease, but secondary Raynaud's phenomenon is associated with connective tissue disorders such as systemic sclerosis, systemic