and poster production/management fees paid for by Astellas.P2631 Group for research and assessment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthriti-seinternational multi-center psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis reliabilitytrial (GRAPPA-IMPART): Assessment of psoriasis, nail lesions, peripheralarthritis, and dactylitis Alice Gottlieb, MD, PhD, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, Uni...

A 21-day-old male infant presented with swelling over left upper limb for 3 days. Examination revealed a firm swelling of 3×4 cms over the proximal ventral aspect of left forearm and linear swellings over the medial aspect of left upper arm (Fig. 1(a)). Systemic examination and routine blood workup was normal. Ultrasound and X-ray of the swelling revealed subcutaneous calcification (Fig. 1(b))....

INTRODUCTION Skeletal tuberculosis involving the small bones is less common than pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculous dactylitis involves the short tubular bones of the hands and feet more commonly in children. The bones of the hands are the one's more frequently affected than bones of the feet, with the proximal phalanx of the index and middle fingers as the commonest sites for infection. Sprea...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate further in a phase III, double blind trial the efficacy of infliximab in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), as observed in the smaller IMPACT trial. METHODS 200 patients with active PsA unresponsive to previous treatment were randomised to infusions of infliximab 5 mg/kg or placebo at weeks 0, 2, 6, 14, and 22. Patients with inadequate response entered earl...