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04-07-2022 | Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus | IM - CASE RECORD
An 82-year-old woman with new onset of multiple purple-reddish nodules during treatment with abatacept for rheumatoid arthritis
Authors:
Francesca Ambrogio, Carmelo Laface, Federico Perosa, Lucia Lospalluti, Girolamo Ranieri, Serena De Prezzo, Marcella Prete, Gerardo Cazzato, Fabrizio Guarneri, Paolo Romita, Caterina Foti
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Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Issue 8/2022
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Excerpt
Dr. Ambrogio: Our case is that of an 82-year-old female patient. In 2015, she developed inflammation affecting knees, ankles, wrists, and proximal interphalangeal joints. Consequently, she was diagnosed with RA. She was initially treated with methylprednisolone 4 mg/daily and methotrexate 15 mg/week despite low clinical remission. In January 2017, she suspended methotrexate due to radiologic detection of RA-associated interstitial lung disease. Therefore, she undertook therapy with azathioprine 200 mg/daily and then with salazopirine 1000 mg/daily. However, both drugs were interrupted because of adverse events. Thus, in September 2017 she started abatacept 125 mg/week in association with prednisone 5 mg/daily obtaining a significant clinical amelioration. …
