Background : Behçet disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology with the clinical features of oral and genital ulcers, cutaneous vasculitic lesions, ocular, articular, vascular, gastrointestinal, neurologic, urogenital and cardiac involvement. Mu...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2025/v27i5781
We report a new observation of an unusual association of CVID with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Osteoarticular involvement associated with CVID occurs in approximately 5 to 40% of cases, most commonly in the form of septic arthritis, or non-septic arthritis, which is part of the...
Introduction: Arterial aneurysmal involvement in Behçet’s disease represents one of the most severe vascular manifestations and constitutes a major therapeutic challenge. This is a serious vascular complication, occurring in 3-5% of cases, often in young people. It results from a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2026/v9i1302
Birdshot's chorioretinopathy is a well-known form of posterior uveitis, often chronic, bilateral and of unknown etiology. Its prevalence varies between 0.69 and 1.73 cases per 100,000 population. It is characterized by multiple, distinctive, hypopigmented choroidal lesions, and i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1232
Paraneoplastic ocular disorders are rare conditions that may precede or accompany a cancer diagnosis. These disorders result from an autoimmune response that targets tumor-associated antigens aberrantly expressed in ocular tissues, affecting the retina, optic nerve, and vasculatu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1221
Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), also known as Ormond's disease, is a rare and progressive condition characterized by the formation of abnormal fibroinflammatory tissue in the retroperitoneum. It can be idiopathic or secondary to infiltrative, infectious, or malignant diseases. Re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1212
Background: Cutaneous manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may persist despite antimalarials and conventional immunosuppressive therapy, causing substantial morbidity and prolonged corticosteroid exposure. Thalidomide has demonstrated activity in refractory cutane...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2026/v9i1299
Diffuse infiltrative lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of pulmonary pathologies, primarily characterized by involvement of the pulmonary interstitium. Diffuse infiltrative lung disease can be caused by inflammatory, infectious, drug-induced, toxic, or neoplastic fact...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1222
Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is caused by the formation of a thrombus in the central retinal vein, and constitutes an extreme diagnostic and therapeutic emergency due to its visual prognosis. The most frequent cause of CRVO is related to cardiovascular risk factors, alth...
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the bladder is a very rare tumor, accounting for no more than 1% of all bladder tumors. Its main characteristic is its poor prognosis, which is explained by its high metastatic potential. Classical metastatic sites are lymph nodes, liver and lung, but...
Introduction: The association between solid cancers and sarcoidosis is well-known, however,we shouldn’t quickly link a granulomatous lesion to sarcoidosis in a patient suffering from a solid tumor, hence, a granuloma in the context of a solid cancer presents a diagnostic and a th...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i130165
Uveitis is an intraocular inflammation that specifically affects the uvea. The granulomatous nature is defined by large inflammatory cell precipitates on the corneal endothelial tissue, inflammatory nodules located at the edge of the pupil, or within the iris stroma. The etiologi...
Alveolar hemorrhage is an uncommon complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, rarely being the initial symptom. This condition is a medical emergency, as it can quickly progress to life-threatening respiratory failure. The characteristic symptoms include coughing up blood, ane...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrmh/2025/v8i1213