Abstract |
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) are distinct clinical syndromes, and their co-occurrence is rarely encountered. The authors report the case of a 56-year-old female patient with RA of 3 years duration who suddenly developed ASS, and include a review of the literature. The patient was diagnosed with ASS based on; positivity for anti- histidyl-tRNA synthetase (Jo-1) antibody, interstitial lung disease, polyarthritis, and mechanic's hands. High-dose corticosteroid and pulse intravenous cyclophosphamide were used to control the ASS. This case demonstrates that ASS should be considered during clinical presentations due to its potential overlap with RA.
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Authors | Cheol-Kyu Park, Tae-Jong Kim, Young-Nan Cho, Il-Soo Kim, Ho-Jun Lee, Kyung-Eun Lee, Seong-Chang Park, Jong-Sun Kim, Dong-Jin Park, Sung-Ji Lee, Seong-Rye Seo, Jeong-Chul Kim, Sang-Gook Song, Shin-Seok Lee, Yong-Wook Park |
Journal | Rheumatology international
(Rheumatol Int)
Vol. 31
Issue 4
Pg. 529-32
(Apr 2011)
ISSN: 1437-160X [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 19847427
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Topics |
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
(complications)
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Myositis
(drug therapy, etiology)
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