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This case report describes frontal fibrosing alopecia in a woman with primary biliary cirrhosis and polymyalgia rheumatica, suggesting a possible autoimmune link to this form of hair loss.

This study of South Indian patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases using low-dose methotrexate reported that while mild adverse effects such as hair loss and nausea were common, serious events like cytopenia were less frequent, and folic acid supplementation significantly reduced their prevalence.

This article is a letter to the editor regarding a case of alopecia areata with polymyalgia rheumatica and does not report new clinical results.

This study found that tofacitinib may be effective for treating pediatric rheumatic diseases, with especially promising results in patients with autoinflammatory diseases, arthritis and alopecia, and juvenile dermatomyositis.

This study found that pregnant women with rheumatic diseases had sufficient energy and macronutrient intake, but showed a high prevalence of overweight and obesity, with selenium intake exceeding safe levels, which may lead to potential side effects.

This article presents a case study of isolated rheumatic tricuspid valve disease leading to right heart failure and severe valve damage, highlighting the rarity and diagnostic challenges of tricuspid involvement in rheumatic fever.

This review details common symptoms of rheumatic diseases and how to differentiate them from other conditions based on patient history and physical examination.

This study found that tofacitinib may be effective in treating various pediatric rheumatic diseases, particularly juvenile idiopathic arthritis, although some patients did not respond, and side effects were observed.

This study found that nutritional deficiencies are common in Egyptian patients with rheumatic diseases, particularly among the elderly, and should be routinely monitored regardless of disease type or duration.

This review examines the potential of CAR-T cell therapy as a transformative treatment for refractory autoimmune diseases, highlighting its mechanisms, clinical challenges, and promising strategies for precision immunotherapy despite issues like complex manufacturing and antigen escape.

This review discusses the traditional uses and pharmacological activities of Citrullus colocynthis, also known as Bitter Apple, but it reports no new clinical results.

This report presents a case of a female with PCOS treated with metformin who developed hyperuricemia, severe joint and neurological pain, and later experienced a hypersensitivity reaction to benzathine benzyl penicillin.

This chapter reviews skin manifestations in common rheumatic diseases, particularly those with polyarthritis, and offers a differential diagnosis of erythema nodosum without presenting new research findings.

This case report presented a female with PCOS treated with metformin who developed hyperuricemia, migraine, neurological and joint pain, and rheumatic fever, later showing a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to benzathine benzyl penicillin treatment.

This study found significant but small variations in glucocorticoid adherence among patients with giant cell arteritis, mainly due to medical advice rather than patient factors.

This research highlights the essential role of skin findings in diagnosing and managing rheumatic diseases, emphasizing their importance in early recognition, classification, and treatment planning, which requires collaboration between rheumatologists and dermatologists.

The authors concluded that sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent yet often overlooked in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease, and they emphasize the need for increased awareness, research, and integration into clinical practice.

This article discusses the interaction between menopause and rheumatic diseases, emphasizing the need for rheumatologists to recognize menopausal symptoms and consider hormone replacement therapy in patient care, but it provides no new experimental results.

This review discusses various strategies, including vitamin A and dextromethorphan supplementation, to manage methotrexate toxicity and improve adherence in patients with rheumatic diseases, but reports no new clinical results.

This article reviews strategies for serological testing in diagnosing ILD linked to systemic rheumatic diseases and introduces a potential diagnostic algorithm for pulmonologists, while noting further validation is needed.

In this study, weight gain and hair loss were reported as adverse effects of anti-TNF therapy in patients with rheumatic diseases, leading some to discontinue treatment.

This study surveyed the use and potential toxicity of medicinal plants in the Fez-Meknes region of Morocco, documenting 59 toxic species used primarily for cosmetic purposes and minor illnesses, and identified hair loss and rheumatism as having the highest informant agreement ratios.

This study highlights the therapeutic benefits of photobiomodulation, which uses light exposure to facilitate tissue repair and prevent inflammation and apoptosis, in treating conditions like arthritis, reumatism, and inflammatory pain, with its complex mechanisms potentially leading to future discoveries and treatments.

In this case report, the authors suggest that methotrexate-induced rheumatoid papular eruption is a rare side effect of methotrexate, resolved after discontinuation, which may be linked to rheumatic conditions.

Stopping methotrexate might reverse lymphoma-like conditions in some patients.

Adequate steroid treatment needed to limit bone loss in PMR patients.

This article discusses suspected skin toxicity from drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis but reports no new clinical findings.

The researchers investigated the phytochemical content and pharmacological properties of Fissistigma oldhamii and found multiple compounds, primarily in roots and stems, that may contribute to the plant's traditional anti-inflammatory uses in China, including potential antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial effects.

This article discusses the potential benefits of safflower in traditional Persian medicine for various conditions and highlights the need for comprehensive phytochemical research, without reporting new clinical results.

This abstract describes a program with various presentations and events focused on Canadian excellence in rheumatology but reports no new research findings.