ASSOCIATION OF HISTOLOGICALLY PROVEN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS WITH PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS

Authors
MENARD O PETIT N GILLET P GAUCHER A MARTINET Y
Citation
O. Menard et al., ASSOCIATION OF HISTOLOGICALLY PROVEN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS WITH PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS, The European respiratory journal, 8(3), 1995, pp. 472-473
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
The European respiratory journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09031936
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
472 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-1936(1995)8:3<472:AOHPRW>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The association of rheumatoid arthritis proven by means of synovial bi opsy with pulmonary sarcoidosis proven by means of bronchial biopsy, o ccurred in a 58 year old woman. Corticosteroid therapy resulted in com plete resolution of sarcoidosis but only slight improvement of the rhe umatoid arthritis, which was secondarily treated with methotrexate wit h a successful outcome, Only two similar cases have been reported with simultaneous histological proofs of both diseases.