Mammals are threatened worldwide, with ca. 26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated to habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mammals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems functionality and resilience, and therefo...
The differential diagnosis of rheumatic diseases is sometimes very complex given the lack of specificity of some clinical manifestations. A careful physical examination with the aid of laboratory and radiographic findings can lead us to some rare conditions, reminding that they should never be forgotten in the differential diagnosis. The authors present a case report of a woman referred to the rheumatology depa...
Extraarticular features are usually found in rheumatological diseases sometimes with no correlation with the disease's activity in that moment. Lymphoedema is one of these manifestations and it's defined as a tissue fluid accumulation with gradual onset of swelling of a limb. Because it is an unusual finding, the physiopatological explanation of this feature is still difficult to understand. We describe a case ...
Apresenta-se um caso de artrite reumatóide quística (ARQ), um subtipo de artrite reumatóide (AR), com características radiológicas particulares e com evoluções clínica e funcional habitualmente mais favoráveis