ACCELERATED NODULOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH PSORIASIS AND ARTHRITIS DURING TREATMENT WITH METHOTREXATE

Authors
BERRIS B HOUPT JB TENENBAUM J
Citation
B. Berris et al., ACCELERATED NODULOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH PSORIASIS AND ARTHRITIS DURING TREATMENT WITH METHOTREXATE, Journal of rheumatology, 22(12), 1995, pp. 2359-2360
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0315162X
Volume
22
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2359 - 2360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0315-162X(1995)22:12<2359:ANIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A 66-year-old woman with longstanding psoriasis involving the skin pre sented with asymmetrical polyarthritis. Methotrexate (MTX) was given i nitially intramuscularly and orally. Intramuscular MTX was discontinue d, and a few months after she had been taking only oral MTX she develo ped nodules, first in surgical incisions, and subsequently in her butt ocks, thighs, legs, and arms. Reduction of the dose of oral MTX was fo llowed by gradual diminution in size of the nodules and then total dis appearance.