General Internal Medicine

Psoriatic arthritis

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach use of DMARDs and/or biologics for inflammatory arthritis in patients with a history of seizure disorder on anti-epileptic medications?

Is there any concern for drug interactions of DMARDs and/or biologics with anti seizure medications?

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Are there circumstances when you may consider imaging enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis?

What imaging modality would be most helpful?

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How do you approach immunosuppression in patients with a positive Interferon Gamma Release Assay and prior intravesicular BCG treatment for bladder cancer?

Assuming no symptoms of TB, should patients be treated for latent TB prior to starting TNF inhibitors or other immunosuppressive agents?

1 Answer available

Do you find MRI helpful to differentiate early erosive OA from psoriatic arthritis when early X-ray changes in both conditions may be hard to distinguish?

1 Answer available

How do you manage psoriatic arthritis in patients who are planning to start treatment with checkpoint inhibitors for underlying malignancy?

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How do you differentiate between axial psoriatic arthritis and axial spondylitis with psoriasis, and is it important to distinguish between these two conditions from a prognostic and treatment perspective?

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Papers discussed in this category

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2016-05

Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis 2015 Treatment Recommendations for Psoriatic Arthritis.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2019 Oct

2019 Update of the American College of Rheumatology/Spondylitis Association of America/Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network Recommendations for the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis.

Rheumatology (Oxford),

Is axial psoriatic arthritis distinct from ankylosing spondylitis with and without concomitant psoriasis?

Rheumatology (Oxford),

Axial disease in psoriatic arthritis.

Clin. Exp. Rheumatol., 2016 Dec 13

Clinical and genetic associations of radiographic sacroiliitis and its different patterns in psoriatic arthritis.

Lancet, 2015 Oct 01

Effect of tight control of inflammation in early psoriatic arthritis (TICOPA): a UK multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial.

J Rheumatol Suppl,

GRAPPA 2018 Project Report.

Nat Rev Rheumatol,

Axial disease in psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis: a critical comparison.

Rheumatology (Oxford),

Treatment guidelines in psoriatic arthritis.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2015 Dec 07

European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2015 update.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2022 Apr 21

Ultrasound of the Heel Improves Diagnosis-Tender Entheses in the Heel Region Rarely Corresponds to Inflammatory Enthesitis in Patients with Peripheral Spondyloarthritis.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2020 Feb 11

Assessment of enthesis in patients with psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia using clinical examination and ultrasound.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2021 Dec 29

Use of Ultrasonography to Discriminate Psoriatic Arthritis from Fibromyalgia: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the ULISSE Study.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2022 Mar 01

Ultrasound evaluation of the Achilles enthesis in inflammatory and non-inflammatory processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Annals of internal medicine, 2018-01-16

Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Treatment of Patients With Cancer and Preexisting Autoimmune Disease: A Systematic Review.

J Immunother Cancer,

Combination anti-PD1 and ipilimumab therapy in patients with advanced melanoma and pre-existing autoimmune disorders.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2014 Sep 16

Differentiation between osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis: implications for pathogenesis and treatment in the biologic therapy era.

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