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OBJECTIVES: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) represents the main pulmonary involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS). A proportion of patients with pSS develop a progressive fibrosing form of ILD, but no data are available about the prevalence of these patterns in pSS patients. Aim of this monocentric, cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of fibrosing patterns in pSS patients with ILD. METHODS: All consecutive patients fulfilling classification criteria for pSS with a new or previous diagnosis of ILD were enrolled in the study. Diagnosis of ILD was always performed by mean of HRCT and specific patterns were identified according to current classification criteria and divided in two groups according to the detection of a fibrotic pattern. RESULTS: Thirty-four pSS-ILD patients were enrolled in the study (males/females 3/31, median age 69.5 years, median pSS duration 47.5 months). Fibrotic pattern was detected in 52.9% of patients, namely: UIP (13 patients, 38.2%), fibrotic NSIP (4, 11.8%), fibrotic OP (1 2.9%) and group 2 (16 pts, 47.1%) including NSIP (6, 17.6%), OP (4, 11.8%), LIP (2, 5.9%) and unclassifiable (4, 11.8%). These patients were younger and with a shorter pSS duration at ILD diagnosis, in particular ILD diagnosis was prior or concurrent to pSS in 83.3% of cases compared to 62.5% in the group of nonfibrotic pattern (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Our data suggest a high prevalence of this pulmonary clinical phenotype in pSS-ILD patients. Since the course of progressive fibrosing pneumonia generally results in respiratory failure, this result could be worthy of further studies.
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Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales , Síndrome de Sjögren , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Pulmón , Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales/diagnóstico , Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales/epidemiología , Masculino , Estudios Retrospectivos , Síndrome de Sjögren/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Sjögren/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Aphodius coenobita Gravenhorst, 1807 is an almost forgotten name which has never been used as valid after its establishment. Studies of Gravenhorst's life story and his relations with contemporary entomologists revealed that at least a part of the original syntype series of this taxon is stored in the "Museum für Naturkunde Berlin" (Germany). Furthermore, it is given evidence that Aphodius stercorosus F.E. Melsheimer, 1844 (currently placed in the genus Blackburneus Schmidt, 1913) is a junior synonym of Gravenhorst's name. In order to stabilise the nomenclature the name A. coenobita is declared to be a nomen oblitum under Article 23.9 of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature. At the same time A. stercorosus is declared a nomen protectum and it is given precedence over the older name. Additionally, one and the same specimen of the syntype series is designated as lectotype for both taxa.
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Escarabajos/clasificación , Animales , MuseosRESUMEN
The genus Gonaphodioides Dellacasa, Dellacasa, Gordon, 2012 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Aphodiini) was created for seven species distributed in Mesoamerica and South America. Subsequently, G. cartwrighti Dellacasa, Dellacasa, Gordon, 2013 was described from El Salvador (Dellacasa et al. 2013).
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Escarabajos , Animales , El Salvador , México , América del SurRESUMEN
Geophilus Gistel, 1834 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) is invalid being a junior homonym of Geophilus Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) and of Geophilus Schönherr, 1823 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Scarabaeus asper Fabricius, 1775 was recently designated as type species of Geophilus Gistel, 1834, making Geophilus a junior synonym of Psammodius Fallén, 1807 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Psammodiini: Psammodiina). However, there is clear evidence that Scarabaeus asper Fabricius, 1775 sensu Gistel, 1834 is Ptinus germanus Linnaeus, 1767, currently Rhyssemus germanus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Psammodiini: Rhyssemina). To resolve this issue, the type species of Geophilus Gistel, 1834 is here fixed (under Article 70.3.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) as Ptinus germanus Linnaeus, 1767, misidentified as Scarabaeus asper Fabricius, 1775 in the original paper. Scarabaeus asper Fabricius, 1775 sensu Mulsant, 1842 (= Ptinus germanus Linnaeus, 1767) is the type species of Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1842, therefore Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1842 is a junior synonym of Geophilus Gistel, 1834 (new synonymy). Although it has priority, Geophilus Gistel, 1834 is a junior homonym and therefore invalid, so Rhyssemus Mulsant, 1842 remains the valid name of this taxon.
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Escarabajos , Animales , GorgojosRESUMEN
The genus Phaeaphodius Reitter, 1892 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) is revised and considered to consist of 12 species. A key to species and diagnosis of each species are given to fascilitate identification. Lectotypes are designated for A. costalis Gebler, 1848, A. sibiricus Harold, 1863, A. aeger Sharp, 1878, and A. solskyi Harold, 1871. Neotypes are designated for A. alleoni d'Orbigny, 1896, A. fusculus Reitter, 1892, and A. trucantangulus Reitter, 1894. The name Aphodius fusculus Reitter, 1892 is placed in synonymy with Esymus pusillus (Herbst, 1789) (new synonymy).
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Escarabajos/anatomía & histología , Escarabajos/clasificación , Animales , Femenino , Masculino , Especificidad de la Especie , Terminología como AsuntoRESUMEN
Cephalocyclus moroni new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from humid forest in the mountains of Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico is described and illustrated. It is similar to Cephalocyclus ordonezi Dellacasa, Dellacasa, & Gordon, 2007 and Cephalocyclus stebnickae Deloya & Ibañez-Bernal, 2000, both from Mexico.