HRCT-proven leflunomide pneumonitis in a patient with psoriatic arthritis and normal lung function tests and chest radiography.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Egeler RM. Langerhans-cell histiocytosis ‘insight into DC biology’. Trends Immunol 2003;24:190–6. 7 Stoppacciaro A, Ferrarini M, Salmaggi C et al. Immunohistochemical evidence of a cytokine and chemokine network in three patients with Erdheim-Chester disease: implications for pathogenesis. Arthritis Rheum 2006;54:4018–22. 8 Dagna L, Iellem A, Biswas P et al. Skewing of cytotoxic activity and chemokine production, but not of chemokine receptor expression, in human type-1/-2 gamma delta T lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol 2002;32: 2934–43. 9 Tamura K, Kanazawa T, Tsukada S, Kobayashi T, Kawamura M, Morikawa A. Increased serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta, and interleukin-8 concentrations in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008;51:662–8. 10 Yarilina A, Park-Min KH, Antoniv T, Hu X, Ivashkiv LB. TNF activates an IRF1-dependent autocrine loop leading to sustained expression of chemokines and STAT1-dependent type I interferon-response genes. Nat Immunol 2008; 9:378–87.
منابع مشابه
Fibrosing alveolitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis as assessed by high resolution computed tomography, chest radiography, and pulmonary function tests.
BACKGROUND Fibrosing alveolitis (FA) is a common and serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Before the availability of high resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) scanning, it was difficult to diagnose accurately without recourse to biopsy. Prospective studies have reported a prevalence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) of 19-44%. The term ILD used by these authors encompasses a va...
متن کاملInvestigation of the chronic pulmonary effects of low-dose oral methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective study incorporating HRCT scanning and pulmonary function tests.
OBJECTIVE Methotrexate has a well-recognized side-effect of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis. There is concern about whether chronic pulmonary toxicity can occur with methotrexate treatment. Our objective was to compare chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings and serial pulmonary function tests in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients on methotrexate with findings for a control...
متن کاملRole of High Resolution Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Diseases of the Lungs
Background: Interstitial lung diseases are a diverse group of diseases that predominantly affect the lung interstitium and share similar clinical and radiological manifestations. Most patients have nonspecific respiratory complaints and the first suggestion of the disease is usually by a chest radiograph. However many patients of interstitial lung disease can have a normal chest radiogram; in t...
متن کاملReappraisal of the clinical use of leflunomide in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis
Leflunomide is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) that has been in routine clinical use for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis for a decade. In RA, clinical trials of up to two years' duration showed that leflunomide monotherapy was equivalent to methotrexate in clinical and radiographic disease outcomes (tender and swollen joint counts, physician and...
متن کاملDyspnea in Patient with Arteria Lusoria: A Case Report
Introduction: Arteria lusoria is an aberrant right subclavian artery. In symptomatic cases, patients report dysphagia and only in few cases dyspnea, due to external compression of the trachea and esophagus. Symptoms occur in advanced age and diagnosis is made with chest HRCT, when other causes of dysphagia have been excluded. Case Report: An 83-year-old woman presented with dyspnea and m...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Rheumatology
دوره 49 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010