Juvenile Arthritis
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is an umbrella term for a number of arthritides of unknown etiology that occur in children younger than 16 years of age. It is the most…
Management of Psoriatic Arthritis
CASE 1 A 28-year-old man was referred to the psoriatic arthritis (PsA) clinic because of swollen toes. He developed a swollen left toe 6 to 7 years prior and was…
Management of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Other Spondyloarthropathies
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the most prototypic of a group of arthritides collectively known as spondyloarthritis (SpA) that are associated with the human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA B27). The hallmarks…
Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Patient with Extra-Articular Disease
CASE STUDY 1 The patient was a 62-year-old woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), who was admitted to a tertiary center because of increasing disability and fatigue. She had been…
Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Newly Diagnosed Patient
CASE STUDY A 32-year-old woman presents with a 4-month duration of pain rated at 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 and swelling in her hands, wrists, left elbow,…
Comparative Musculoskeletal Radiology
Longitudinal Location Epiphysis, Diaphysis, and Metaphysis EPIPHYSIS The epiphysis develops separately from the growth plate as a secondary ossification center. Thus, the range of tumors seen in the epiphysis is…
Management of Established Rheumatoid Arthritis
CASE 1: A 27-year-old school teacher with a 6-year history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is seen for routine follow-up. She was recently married, and her disease had previously been well…
Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Principles and Strategies for Antirheumatic Pharmacotherapy
Laura came into my office as the last patient that day. She had got an acute appointment. A bright, young woman of 25 years of age, university student, the future…
Chondrosarcoma
CLINICAL SUMMARY Chondrosarcoma is the second most common primary bone sarcoma, after osteosarcoma. It has a broad spectrum of presentation largely dependent on the grade of the tumor. Treatment is…
Liposarcoma
Well-Differentiated, Myxoid/Round Cell, Pleomorphic, and Dedifferentiated Subtypes CLINICAL SUMMARY Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma after undifferentiated sarcoma, and is further subdivided into several distinctive subtypes. It…
