Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
Volume 47, No. 3, June 2002
EDITORIALS
229 Malignant Lymphoma
Presenting as Tietze's Syndrome
A. Fioravanti, C.
Tofi, L. Volterrani, and R. Marcolongo
231 Focusing Interventions
for Disability Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Edward H. Yelin and
Patricia P. Katz
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Ankylosing Spondylitis
234 Medication Toxicity
Among Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Michael M. Ward and
Susana Kuzis
242 Use of a Numerical
Rating Scale as an Answer Modality in Ankylosing Spondylitis-Specific
Questionnaires
Astrid van Tubergen,
Iris Debats, Liliane Ryser, John Londono, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Mario H.
Cardiel, Robert Landewe, Gerold Stucki, and Desiree van der Heijde
249 One-Year Open-Label
Trial of Thalidomide in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Feng Huang, Jieruo
Gu, Wei Zhao, Jian Zhu, Jianglin Zhang, and David Tak Yan Yu
Clinical Analysis
255 Statistical Presentation
and Analysis of Ordered Categorical Outcome Data in Rheumatology Journals
Michael P. LaValley
and David T. Felson
Fibromyalgia
260 Does the Label
``Fibromyalgia'' Alter Health Status, Function, and Health Service Utilization?
A Prospective, Within-Group Comparison in a Community Cohort of Adults
With Chronic Widespread Pain
Kevin P. White, Warren
R. Nielson, Manfred Harth, Truls Ostbye, and Mark Speechley
266 Factors of Importance
for Work Disability in Women With Fibromyalgia: An Interview Study
Gunilla M. Liedberg
and Chris M. Henriksson
Genetic Studies
275 The Genetic Contribution
to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Women: A Twin Study
Alan J. Hakim, Lynn
Cherkas, Sameh El Zayat, Alexander J. MacGregor, and Tim D. Spector
Osteoarthritis
280 A Randomized,
Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Slow-Acting Symptom-Modifying Effects
of Colchicine in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Preliminary Report
Siddharth K. Das,
S. Ramakrishnan, Kavita Mishra, Ragini Srivastava, G. G. Agarwal, Ragini
Singh, and A. R. Sircar
Rheumatoid Arthritis
285 Physician Treatment
Preferences in Rheumatoid Arthritis of Differing Disease Severity and
Activity: The Impact of Cost on First-Line Therapy
Doruk Erkan, Yusuf
Yazici, Melanie J. Harrison, and Stephen A. Paget
291 Psychological
Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized
Controlled Trials
John A. Astin, William
Beckner, Karen Soeken, Marc C. Hochberg, and Brian Berman
303 Association of
Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-1B Gene Variants With Larsen Score Progression
in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stephane Genevay,
Francesco S. di Giovine, Thomas V. Perneger, Tania Silvestri, Sibylle
Stingelin, Gordon Duff, and Pierre-Andre Guerne
Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus
310 Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus in Three Ethnic Groups. X. Measuring Cognitive Impairment
With the Cognitive Symptoms Inventory
Graciela S. Alarcon,
Leanne Cianfrini, Laurence A. Bradley, Martha L. Sanchez, Kemi Brooks,
Alan W. Friedman, Bruce A. Baethge, Barri J. Fessler, Holly M. Bastian,
Jeffrey M. Roseman, Gerald McGwin, Jr., and John D. Reveille, for the
LUMINA Study Group
Vasculitis
320 Effect of Wegener's
Granulomatosis on Work Disability, Need for Medical Care, and Quality
of Life in Patients Younger Than 40 Years at Diagnosis
Eva Reinhold-Keller,
Karen Herlyn, Rosemarie Wagner-Bastmeyer, Joachim Gutfleisch, Hartmut
H. Peter, Heiner H. Raspe, and Wolfgang L. Gross
326 High Rate of Renal
Relapse in 71 Patients With Wegener's Granulomatosis Under Maintenance
of Remission With Low-Dose Methotrexate
Eva Reinhold-Keller,
Claudia O. E. Fink, Karen Herlyn, Wolfgang L. Gross, and Kirsten de Groot
SPECIAL ARTICLE
333 The Disablement
Process in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Agustin Escalante
and Inmaculada del Rincon
UPDATE
343 Pathogenesis of
Lupus
Kurt Oelke and Bruce
Richardson
LETTERS
346 Increased Frequency
of Malignancy Found in Patients Presenting With New-Onset Polymyalgic
Symptoms Suggested to Have Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Glenn Haugeberg,
H. Dovland, and V. Johnsen
347 Nonmedication
Approaches In Hand Osteoarthritis
George E. Ehrlich
347 Comment on Prescribing
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Lonnie B. Hanauer
23A ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cover image: These
are award-winning images from the 2001 American College of Rheumatology
slide contest. The photograph of the hands is typical of severe Sweet's
syndrome (neutrophilic dermatosis). This 63-year-old man presented to
his primary care physician with a 2-week complaint of sores on his hands
and arms. His examination revealed ulcerated lesions in various stages
of healing on his hands, wrists, and arms, and a few lesions on his tongue
and buccal mucosa. He denied any fever, rash, or other systemic symptoms.
He was referred to Rheumatology, where his physical examination was as
above. The differential included vasculitis, calciphylaxis, and dermatitis
herpetiformis. His laboratory values showed a mild leukocytosis and elevated
erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Other laboratory values (immunoglobulin
levels, complement levels, antinuclear antibody titers, and hepatitis
serologies) were normal. A biopsy of one of the hand lesions (low-power
view, left, and high-power view, right) showed an intense inflammatory
cell infiltrate of the skin that was predominantly neutrophils. Special
stains for bacteria and fungi were negative. There were no histologic
signs of vasculitis. The diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome was made. The patient
was treated with prednisone, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, and
local skin care with excellent results. Submitted by Alvin F. Wells, MD,
PhD Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina (Currently,
Associate Medical Director for Immunology, Abbott Laboratories, Chicago,
Illinois).
