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A Case of Pl-7 Positive Amyopathic Dermatomyositis Associated with Autoimmune Liver Disease

1,2Martin Lee,3Victoria Scott-Lang, 4Kaiser Raja, 5Sharmishta Sahu 1Mediclinic Parkview, 2Mohammed Bin Rashid University, 3Genesis Healthcare Centre, 4King’s College Hospital, 5Healthbay Polyclinic Background: Amyopathic Dermatomyositis (ADM) is a variant of dermatomyositis (DM) characterized by the presence of pathognomonic skin features of dermatomyositis but without clinical muscle weakness. ADM is believed to account for about 20% of…

A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hidradenitis Suppurative

1Suad Hannawi,1Haifa Hannawi 1Emirates Health Services Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic polyarthritis autoimmune disease that has many extra-articular manifestations; including skin manifestations. Hidradenitis suppurativa is a suppurative condition of the apocrine sweat glands associated with induration, scarring, destruction of skin appendages, and sinus formation. Hidradenitis suppurativa had not been reported with RA. in…

A Tale of Three Rashes

1,2Martin Lee 1Mediclinic Parkview, 2Mohammed Bin Rashid University Background: Skin rashes are commonly an external visible marker of internal disease and are therefore often useful in the diagnosis of a variety of systemic diseases managed by rheumatologists. I present a case of a lady who developed three discrete episodes of different skin rashes over the…

Allopurinol Prescription Patterns Among Patients in a Saudi Tertiary Care Centre

1Mohamed Cheikh,1Naji A. Dwid, 1Ahmed S. Mandurah, 1Khaldoun A. Shikh-souk, 1Khaled R. Al-Khatib, 1Ans R. Ahmed 1Doctor Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Objective(s): Physicians frequently prescribe allopurinol for uric acid deposition disorders. However, reports have emerged of the inappropriate use and overprescription of allopurinol. We conducted this study to determine the rate of inappropriate prescription of allopurinol…

Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage: Case Report

1Amna Ahmed Almuhairi,1Aneja Ritu, 1Diab, Sehriban 1Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Introduction: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare, potentially fatal presentation of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) that can be triggered by infections, toxins or other factors. Due to rarity of DAH in APS, no randomized trials exist, and treatment is guided by case reports, case series,…

Behavioral Assessment of Algerian Patients with a Chronic Rheumatism Disease During Covid19 Pandemic

1Bengana Bilal, 1Aridj Tarek, 1Abdellaoui Selma, 1Boukabous Abdenour, 1Lefkir Taffiani Salima 1University Hospital Center Of Beni Messous Background: The COVID19 pandemic has completely changed patient care with chronic pathologies following the incessant reorganization of care which each time adapted to the epidemic context. This prompted patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism (CIR) to self-manage and take…

Biosimilar in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Growing Countries

1Shereen Abdalfattah Algergawy 1Faculty of Medicine Benha University Background: The purpose of this review study is to evaluate the creation and switch from biological to biosimilar in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, mainly in low financial countries. Biosimilar versions of original biologic agents used in a wide range of chronic inflammatory diseases including juvenile idiopathic arthritis, the…

Challenges of Referral, Diagnosis and Management of Axial Spondyloarthritis

Main Author: Khalid Abdalla Alnaqbi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (Covid-19) Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Conditions: Our Experience

1Sarah Alkabbani,2Amel Ginawi, 3Nada Hassan 1Mohammed Bin Rashid University Of Medicine And Health Sciences, 2Mediclinic City Hospital, 3Rheumatology department, Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai, UAE Background: According to the literature, patients with rheumatic disease receiving immunosuppressants are at a higher risk of acquiring infections. However, this may not apply to COVID-19 infection according to the global…

Estimation of Patient Knowledge and Medication Preference on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in The United Arab Emirates: Single Center Study at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

1Ha-Neul Yu,2Rajaie Namas, 4Lara N. Memisoglu, 2Bianca Lantajo, 2Annie Joy, 2Manal Ballan, 2Noor Abdul Ghani, 3Safa Hegazin, 2Mohamed Elarabi 1Biology Program, Division Of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, 2Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, 3Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, 4American Community School of Abu Dhabi Background: Knowledge is a…

Evaluation of Rheumatology Practice in Algeria During the Different Waves of the Covid19 Pandemic

1Bengana Bilal, 1Aridj Tarek, 1Abdellaoui Selma, 1Boukabous Abdenour, 1Lefkir Taffiani Salima 1University Hospital Center Of Beni Messous Background: The occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the daily activity of rheumatologists especially during epidemic peaks, resulting in an upheaval in the management of chronic pathologies such as chronic inflammatory rheumatism (CIR). This has led to…

Hospitalizations Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Large Tertiary Center with Multinational Population

1Miral Hamed Ahmed Gharib,1Karima Becetti, 1Fiaz Alam, 1Aishwariya Padmakumari, 1Mohamed AL Kahlout, 1Rawan Saleh, 1Amina Bougalia, 1Bilal Jamshaid, 1Samar AL-Emadi 1Hamad Medical Corporation Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is characterized by diverse clinical presentations and a remarkably unpredictable course. Although survival rate has increased in recent decades, morbidity and mortality are still substantially high, resulting in…

Killer Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B Member 1 (KLRB1), Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen 3 (CD58), And Niban1 (FAM129A) Are Unique Markers For Developed (Central And Effector) Memory T Cells In Rheumatoid Arthritis

1Mahmood Hachim,2Ibrahim Hachim, 3Suad Hannawi 1Clinical Sciences Department, College Of Medicine, University Of Sharjah, 2University of Sharjah, 3Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) Background: Memory T cells (TM) cells are T cells with more prolonged survival and faster recall responses upon secondary challenge. Effector memory-T subset was shown to be explicitly expanded in the peripheral…

Multicentric Osteolysis, Nodulosis, and Arthropathy in Two Unrelated Children with Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Variants: Genetic-Skeletal Correlations

1Hanan Elsebaie Saleh,2Mohamed Abdelhafiz Mansour, 1Solaf M. Elsayed, 1Shady Mahmoud, 1Tamer A. El-Sobky 1Ain Shams University, 2Egyptian Armed Forces Background: Multicentric Osteolysis, Nodulosis, and Arthropathy (MONA) syndrome is a rare genetic skeletal dysplasia. Its diagnosis can be deceptively similar to childhood-onset genetic skeletal dysplasias and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. We aimed to report the syndrome’s clinical…

Rapid Progression of Post Covid–19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in an Adult (Mis–A): A Condition to be Recognized

1Giovanni Brambilla,1Zuhair Yousif, 1Amel Ginawi, 1Mahmoud Marashi 1Mediclinic City Hospital Background: There is still much to understand about Covid–19, especially in regards to the long term effects and the clinical syndromes that follow the acute primary infection. A serious multisystem inflammatory syndrome was described initially in children 1 and then in adults as well.2 MIS–A…

Rheumatology Research Setting in the United Arab Emirates

1,2Suad Hannawi,1,2Haifa Hannawi 1Emirates Health Services; 2Ministry of Health and Prevention Background: Health research is very valuable to societies. It can provide important information about disease trends, prevalence and incidences, risk factors, different manifestations, and outcomes of treatment. It is important that each health system and each nation review and reorganize its medical research capacity.…

Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction is More Common in Established Rheuamtoid Arthritis Patients Than Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

1Suad Hannawi,1Haifa Hannawi 1Emirates Health Services Background: Thyroid dysfunction is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Subclinical hypothyroidism is the first most common, followed by clinical hypothyroidism. Thyroid dysfunction in RA had been found to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Subclinical hypothyroidism is defined as increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration with normal serum free…

The Effect of Osteoporosis on Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity

1Hani Almoallim, 1Fahad Almuntashri, 1Haneen Alzahrani, 1Huda Nadwi, 1Eithar Kadi, 1Mutasem Abed, 1Murad Janaini, 1Alaa Monjed, 1Nahid Janoudi, 1Altaf Abdulkhaliq 1Department Of Medicine, Faculty Of Medicine, Umm Alqura University Background: Osteoporosis (OP) is one of the most common comorbidities associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We aim to study the impact of OP on RA management…

The Pattern of Allopurinol Prescription Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in A Tertiary Care Centre: A Single-Centre Experience

1Mohamed Cheikh,4Sami Alobaidi, 2Naji Dwid, 2Khaldoun Shikh Souk, 2Ahmed Mandurah, 2Khaled Al-Khatib, 2Ans Ahmed, 3Hani Almoallim 1Department Of Medicine, Fakeeh College For Medical Sciences, 2Doctor Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, 3Medical College, Umm Alqura University (UQU), 4Department of Medicine, University of Jeddah Introduction: Hyperuricemia is prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although it is associated…

The Prevalence of the Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the United Arab Emirates

1Ahmed M. Ali,1Samah Allam, 1Maryam Alnuaimi, 1Mohsen Abbas, 1Noor Almuhairi, 1Suad Hannawi 1Ministry Of Health And Prevention Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by excess morbidity and mortality that is large because of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The prevalence of CVD risk factors in RA patients of the United Arab Emirates is…

Ultrasound Assessment of Gout Lesions in an Algerian Population with Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia

1Bilal Bengana,2Aicha Ladjouze-Rezig, 3Raaf Nabil Baramtane, 4Chafaa Aimeur, 5Soraya Ayoub, 1Abdenour Boukabous, 1Salima Lefkir-Tafiani 1Rheumatology Department – University Hospital Of Benimessous, 2Specialized Hospital Establishment of Benaknoune, 3Biochemistry Department – Hospital of Bitraria, 4Radiology Department – University hospital of Mustapha Bacha, 5Internal Medicine – University hospital of Beni Messous Background: Hyperuricemia is a common biological abnormality,…

Various Medical Comorbidities are Common at the Initial Presentations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

1,3Suad Hannawi,2Mohammed Abdalla Yousef, 2Issa Al Salmi, 2Farida Al Balushi, 2Faisal Al Ismaili, 2Abdelmassiah Metry, 2Alan Hola 1Emirates Health Services; 2Royal Hospital; 3Ministry of Health and Prevention Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease that has various manifestations among different populations. This study aimed to estimate the various medical comorbidities associated with…