rheumatoid vasculitis/fever

A 65-year-old man with a 20-year history of rheumatoid arthritis was transferred to our hospital due to a second episode of intestinal obstruction, a fever, and joint pain within the previous 6 months. He had an extremely high rheumatoid factor level and decreased complement levels. Abdominal

Low dose pulse methotrexate (MTX) has become a widely used therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of its good response rate profile. With the increased use of MTX, reports of opportunistic infections associated with MTX therapy have appeared. Fourteen cases of pneumocystis carinii (PC)

A 64-year-old woman was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis since the age of 57. At the age of 62, she manifested episcleritis of the eyes and rheumatoid nodules in the skin, and rheumatoid factor in the blood became high. These findings indicated the presence of systemic vasculitis, and she was

A 58-year-old woman with an 8-year history of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis was admitted with right hemiparesis, history of seizures, fever, weight loss and headaches. Her blood tests revealed the presence of rheumatoid factor, elevated C-reactive protein and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide

Between 1972 and 1980 a histological diagnosis of vasculitis was made on 80 patients from a district general hospital. These were divided into a polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) group, a rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) group and a heterogeneous group of other vasculitides. There was considerable overlap

We evaluated the occurrence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and the background characteristics in twenty-three hospitalized patients with inflammatory connective tissue diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, rheumatoid vasculitis, microscopic polyangitis,