MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME IN SYSTEMIC JUVENILE RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH CYCLOSPORINE

Authors
RAVELLI A DEBENEDETTI F VIOLA S MARTINI A
Citation
A. Ravelli et al., MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME IN SYSTEMIC JUVENILE RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH CYCLOSPORINE, The Journal of pediatrics, 128(2), 1996, pp. 275-278
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
128
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
275 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1996)128:2<275:MASISJ>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A macrophage activation syndrome, possibly related to methotrexate tox icity, developed in a boy with systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Corticosteroid administration was ineffective, whereas a prompt respo nse to cyolosporine was observed. Two months later, Pneumocystis carin ii pneumonia developed.