Macrophage activation syndrome triggered by methotrexate-related lymphoproliferative disease in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

AbstractA 56-year-old woman was treated for rheumatoid arthritis for 17 years with methotrexate (MTX). Night sweats, fever and weight loss made her visit our hospital. Although levofloxacin failed to resolve her fever, she was suspected of having sepsis because of pancytopenia, elevated procalcitoni...

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Published in:	Immunological Medicine
Main Authors:	Hirotoshi Kato, Masafumi Suzuki, Kazuo Misumi, Hitoshi Kohsaka
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2023-10-01
Subjects:	Macrophage activation syndrome methotrexate lymphoproliferative disease rheumatoid arthritis pancytopenia
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25785826.2023.2212808