Large Vessel Vasculitis Occurring in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient under Anti-TNF Therapy
| Autor: | Valentina Cestelli, Amelia Spinella, Federica Campomori, Carmela Esposito, Sara Ciaffi, Gilda Sandri, Clodoveo Ferri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2014 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-9627 1687-9635 |
| 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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