Cutaneous nodules in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and review of literatures

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Tadashi Nakamura
Syu-ichi Higashi
Kunihiko Tomoda
Michishi Tsukano
Ken-ichi Iyama
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[1] Kumamoto Center for Arthritis and Rheumatology,Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
[2] Kumamoto Center for Arthritis and Rheumatology,Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology
[3] Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences,Department of Clinical Pathology
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Clinical Rheumatology | 2011年 / 30卷
关键词：
Granulomatous formation; Immunological condition; Rheumatoid arthritis; Skin nodules; Therapeutic effect;
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We report a case of 57-year-old Japanese woman with an overlap syndrome of both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and autoimmune hepatitis, who developed multiple skin nodules. An extensive biopsies of the nodules revealed rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis, showing panniculitis without vasculitis, combining with granulomatous formation histopathologically. Since cutaneous nodules in patients with RA are very complex, differential diagnosis should be done according to disease activities, medications used, and pathological findings. We suggest that the differences in histopathological findings of cutaneous nodules in patients with RA depend on their immunological conditions based on disease activities including therapeutic effects.
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