Large Vessel Vasculitis Occurring in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient under Anti-TNF Therapy
| Autor: | Clodoveo Ferri, Valentina Cestelli, S. Ciaffi, Federica Campomori, Carmela Esposito, Amelia Spinella, Gilda Sandri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Large Vessel Vasculitis Rheumatoid Arthritis Anti-TNF Therapy business.industry lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Case Report Rheumatoid Arthritis General Medicine medicine.disease Rheumatology Etanercept Great vessels Large Vessel Vasculitis Internal medicine Rheumatoid arthritis Large vessel vasculitis Medicine Arteritis business Vasculitis Anti-TNF Therapy Systemic vasculitis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2014 (2014) Case Reports in Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1687-9635 1687-9627 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/624184 |
| Popis: | Vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the presence of necrotic inflammatory phenomena and destruction of blood vessels. Vasculitis is classified as primary (idiopathic) or secondary to infections, connective tissue diseases and drugs but can also be considered as a paraneoplastic phenomenon. Evidence shows that the increasing use of biological agents results in a growing number of reports of autoimmune diseases induced by these therapies. An inflammatory articular chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis may be complicated by extra-articular manifestations, such as cutaneous or systemic vasculitis. Herewith, we describe the case of a great vessels arteritis in a patient affected by rheumatoid arthritis in therapy with an anti-TNF agent (etanercept). |
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