Hemophagocytic Syndrome-Associated Variant of Methotrexate-Associated Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient

A 59-year-old man was treated for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 12 years with methotrexate (MTX) and prednisolone. After MTX-associated interstitial pneumonia developed, he was treated with cyclophosphamide and prednisolone for 7 months. Arthritis worsened, and tacrolimus was added to the treatment...

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Main Authors: Yukiko Komeno, Minako Akiyama, Yasumi Okochi, Hitoshi Tokuda, Keiko Abe, Kuniko Iihara, Tomiko Ryu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8947616