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Arthritis
New findings from I.F. Horvath and co-researchers in the area of arthritis described
July 22nd, 2008
"Rheumatoid nodules are well established manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis but in the lungs they are very rare according to the literature. In our study we present the case of a 34-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and secondary Sjogren's syndrome who developed multiplex rheumatoid nodules in the lungs 3 years after initiating leflunomide therapy," scientists writing in the journal Pathology & Oncology Research report. "During leflunomide therapy we did not detect inflammation in the joints. Surprisingly, in November 2005 she started to cough, had low grade fever and low back pain. On the chest X-ray there were multiplex necrobiotic nodules in the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-22)
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