Rheumatology

  • Calcium pyrophosphate deposition and crowned dens syndrome
    Ann K. Rosenthal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 206-207; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21008

    Patients are typically over age 65, often with significant leukocytosis and dramatically elevated inflammatory markers.

  • Tumoral calcinosis
    Hiroyuki Yano, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 208-209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20084

    A 47-year-old woman on peritoneal dialysis presented with dyspnea and hip pain.

  • Puffy hand syndrome
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 210-212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20131

    A 37-year-old man visited the rheumatology clinic for evaluation of swelling of his fingers and hands.

  • Awareness can prompt the search for clinical zebras
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 133-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.03021

    When do we look hard for uncommon causes of common symptoms?

  • Why we publish The Clinical Picture
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 69-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.02021

    Gout remains very common—and often undertreated.

  • Cutaneous digital papules
    Hiroyuki Yano, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 73-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20063

    Tophi in the finger pads call for aggressive urate-lowering therapy.

  • A 21-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and persistent lightheadedness
    Raed Qarajeh, MD, Laith A. Derbas, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD, MSc and Faraz Kureshi, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 93-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19137

    She has a long history of lightheadedness upon standing, and it is getting worse.

  • Cleveland Clinic—A century of progress
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 9-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20185

    No one in their right mind would want to return to the “good old days.”

  • Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 647-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.11020

    Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.

  • The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
    Alvin Lee Day, MD, Kevin L. Winthrop, MD, MPH and Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 695-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20056

    Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.

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