Retinal Vein Occlusion Associated with Interferon Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Claudio Campa

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2019.18.003146

Abstract

Retinal Vein Occlusion Associated with Interferon Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Highlights

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systemic autoimmune disease prevalent in European and American populations with female predominance
MTX-induced accelerated nodulosis is a phenomenon in RA patients that is rare but described in the literature
Rare individual cases of MTX-induced nodulosis have been reported in other diseases including psoriatic arthritis [9] and juvenile idiopathic arthritis [10,11] most of the existing literature is in patients with RA

Summary

Introduction

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systemic autoimmune disease prevalent in European and American populations with female predominance. The most common cutaneous manifestation of RA is rheumatoid nodules, which have been reported in upto 35% of patients [3] and can be present at the initial presentation [4]. Several cutaneous manifestations have been reported in the literature [6,7]. A well described cutaneous manifestation includes induction of nodulosis after MTX administrationcalled Methotrexate-Induced Accelerated Rheumatoid Nodulosis (MIARN).

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