erythema nodosum/albumin

Changes in hemoglobin (HGB) and serum albumin (SA) concentration associated with the onset of symptomatic erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) were studied by comparing the values obtained on the day thalidomide or prednisone therapy commenced, with each patients' preceding values. In three groups of ENL

A 59-year-old man presented with painful subcutaneous nodules on the anterior surfaces of the legs. He had received oral antibiotics and supportive care for presumed cellulitis and thrombophlebitis, but had minimal improvement. Five months earlier, he had undergone pancreaticoduodenectomy for acinar

Validated proteome profile allows better understanding of disease progression, subtype classification, susceptibility patterns, and disease prognosis. Leprosy is a spectral disease, with clinically, histologically, immunologically, and bacteriologically distinguishable subtypes. In addition, a

A 50-year-old housewife with a main complaint of dyspnea was admitted to our hospital in September, 1992. In 1975, the patient developed aphthous stomatitis, genital aphthous ulcers, uveitis and erythema nodosum appeared and diagnosed as having Behcet's disease at Department of Dermatology of our

A double-blind controlled trial in 24 lepromatous leprosy patients in reaction showed that clofazimine (Lamprene) controlled symptoms of erythema nodosum leprosum reaction in lepromatous leprosy better than prednisolone. Clofazimine also appeared to be significantly superior in preventing recurrence

The proportion of oligosaccharide chains on the Fc fragment of IgG which terminate with N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) rather than galactose is increased in rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis, and in sera from patients with Crohn's disease, probably because of decreased activity of a

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract at any point from the mouth to the rectum. Patients may experience diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, abdominal masses, and anemia. Extraintestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease include

A 78 year old white male on methimazole due to Grave's thyroiditis presented with acute renal failure after a short term history of progressive shortness of breath, malaise, myalgias, arthralgias, and bilateral lower limb swelling. The abdomen was remarkable for splenomegaly and lower extremities

Objectives: To investigate the clinical characteristics and laboratory data in Behçet's syndrome (BS) patients in China and analyze the risk factors of disease activity. Method:

OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence, clinical presentation and paraclinical findings in childhood sarcoidosis in Denmark, 1979-1994. METHODS Patients (n = 5536) with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis were drawn from the nationwide Patient Registry; 81 patients were < or = 15 y of age. The diagnosis of

OBJECTIVE Sweet's syndrome (SS) is a severe dermatosis that may be an extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Worldwide, 35 cases of SS associated with IBD have been reported. We present the first case of severe, recurrent SS in combination with amebic infection and