Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) usually occurs in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). An 80-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital because of muscle weakness and paresthesia in all 4 limbs. She had been diagnosed with RA 30 years ago and achieved sustained clinical remission. At
Vascular injury is considered to be a key finding in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Manifestations are varied depending on the vessel size and the organ system involved. Vasculitis leading to symptomatic inflammatory myositis is a rare complication of RA. We describe a 62-year-old
With the great interest in recent years in the use of immunosuppressive/antiinflammatory drugs for the treatment of severe systemic inflammatory disorders, it is surprising that, except in Wegener's granulomatosis, the use of methotrexate (MTX) in disseminated vasculitides has been neglected. We
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