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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023

A multidisciplinary dermatology-gastroenterology-rheumatology (DER.RE.GA) unit for the care of patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: analysis of the first 5 years from the dermatologist's perspective.

Valeria Brazzelli, Francesca Bobbio Pallavicini, Paolo Maggi, Łukasz Chętko, Eugenio Isoletta, Nicolò Di Giuli, Alice Bonelli, Valentina Fornaroli

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Valeria BrazzelliInstitute of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Francesca Bobbio PallaviciniRheumatology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Paolo MaggiInstitute of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Łukasz ChętkoInstitute of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Eugenio IsolettaInstitute of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Nicolò Di GiuliInstitute of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Alice BonelliInstitute of Dermatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Valentina FornaroliRheumatology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

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Abstract

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) constitute a heterogenous group of chronic and highly disabling conditions. The clinical challenges they often pose led to formation of numerous dermo-rheumatological interdisciplinary units around the world, which are reported to benefit their patients in various ways. The present paper describes our experience with a multidisciplinary dermatology-rheumatology-gastroenterology unit DERREGA at the IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo of Pavia over a period of 5 years of its activity (2017-2022). A digital database was created, containing the medical records of 146 patients referred to the dermatology unit only by rheumatologists or gastroenterologists belonging to the multidisciplinary unit DERREGA. Then, aspects such as demographics, initial basis of referral and final diagnosis among the patients were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were classified as either gastroenterological or rheumatological, and then categorized according to the specific basis of referral. Most of the gastroenterological patients (97%) were affected by inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Rheumatological patients were divided in three subgroups, including patients referred with vasculitis, arthropathies (undifferentiated arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and other arthritis) and other rheumatological diseases. Then, final diagnoses were evaluated in each group. Almost a third of IBD patients received a diagnosis of paradoxical psoriasis. Dermatological examination allowed diagnosis of minimal psoriasis based on Caspar criteria in over 70% of the patients admitted with undifferentiated arthritis. A multidisciplinary approach is suggested to provide more effective management of IMIDs and, specifically, from a dermatological perspective, allows for the diagnosis of minimal manifestations of psoriasis in patients with a provisional diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis.

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inflammatory bowel diseasemultidisciplinary unitpsoriasispsoriatic arthritisseronegative arthritis

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PMCPMC10720650

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