LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CASE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA

Authors
CALLEJA CH ANDRES MC MELERO MJL CASTELLO AE CRIADO AB BANOS JG
Citation
Ch. Calleja et al., LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CASE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA, Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 11(4), 1993, pp. 421-423
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical and experimental rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0392856X
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
421 - 423
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-856X(1993)11:4<421:LSIACO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Lymphoedema of the upper limbs is a rare extraarticular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Herein we report a patient with RA who p resented two episodes of lymphoedema in the hands and forearms coincid ing with flares of polyarthritis, Lymphoscintigraphy showed lymphatic- ectasia. The oedema improved with slow-acting drug treatment.