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- Title
Trismus as a new feature of VEXAS syndrome.
- Authors
Archambeaud, Alexis; Dreau, Claire Le; Bigot, Adrien; Kosmider, Olivier; Taleb, Assia; Boucher, Lara; Temple, Marie; Cottier, Jean-Philippe; Maillot, François; Audemard-Verger, Alexandra
- Abstract
The article discusses the case of a patient with severe trismus leading to the diagnosis of vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome. Topics discussed include magnetic resonance imaging revealing inflammation of masticatory muscles, the mutation in exon 3 of the UBA 1 gene, and the resolution of clinical symptoms following corticosteroid therapy with prednisone.
- Subjects
ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; BIOPSY; BLOOD testing; DOPPLER ultrasonography; MASSETER muscle; EXANTHEMA; AUTOINFLAMMATORY diseases; PREDNISONE; IMMUNOLOGY technique; POSITRON emission tomography; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; SEVERITY of illness index; TREATMENT effectiveness; GENETIC mutation; INFLAMMATION; TRISMUS; COMORBIDITY; PTERYGOID muscles; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 9, pe258
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keae135