Nine elderly patients presented with features of a multisystem disorder thought to be either a connective tissue disease of undefined type or disseminated malignancy. Associated features were a normochromic anaemia, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (or plasma viscosity) and raised serum alkaline phosphatase levels. None had symptoms to suggest either giant cell arteritis or polymyalg...

Methods 116 consecutive children with acute arthritis with symptoms duration < 6 weeks included in prospective study. A standardize rheumatologic evaluation was performed on newly referred patients. Possible diagnostic variables collected at the first visit: active joints count, symptoms duration, time of morning stiffness, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein (SRP), antinuc...

Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients diagnosed with “probable,” “probable — laboratory supported,” and “definite” ALS, seen in the Wake Forest ALS Clinic from May 2009-May 2012. The following test results were analyzed in 105 individuals with ALS: anti-nuclear antibody, calcium, creatine kinase (CK), c-reactive protein, copper, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR),...

were recorded monthly and all side effects noted. No patient recorded any improvement in subjective well being, pain score, or duration of early morning stiffness. No significant change occurred in articular index or haemoglobin (Hb); the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) showed a tendency to increase. Only three patients completed six months' treatment; six withdrew because of toxic reactio...

Background: Ramadan fasting is an obligation for many Muslims around the world who abstain from eating and drinking for one month, which has different medical and physiological effects, such as reducing blood pressure, lipid profile, blood glucose, and body weight. It has also been hypothesized that Ramadan fasting may induce some changes in the hematologic parameters. Thus, we aimed to investi...

Background: Takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. The disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. In this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in Babol, north of Iran. Case Presentation: A 22 - year old female was admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases of Rouhani Teaching Hospital...

In order to find the correlation between the severity of carditis in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) and anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titers, we performed a retrospective study in Shiraz on one-hundred and four patients. The mean age of the patients was 11 years. Fever was seen in 85.5%, arthralgia in 95.2%, arthritis in 81.7%, car...

Primary tumours of the heart are rare (Yater, 1931) and can present difficult diagnostic problems. Not only do they simulate valvular disease of the heart, but they are sometimes accompanied by a non-specific syndrome of fever, anemia, clubbing of the fingers and toes, hemoptysis, and a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). This may be very difficult to distinguish from subacute bacteria...

Mycoplasma pneumonia is an atypical pneumonia commonly affecting young patients with generally mild clinical course. We present a case of a 66-year-old female presenting with weight loss, night sweats and low-grade pyrexia. She acquired symptomatic haemolytic anaemia requiring blood transfusion, markedly raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to 114 mm/hr and extensive peri-hilar lymphaden...