Fatal pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis in a patient taking methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis

Minerva Anestesiol. 2014 Jan;80(1):119-20. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Lung Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / chemically induced*
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / diagnosis
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / pathology
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / diagnosis
  • Mesenteric Ischemia / complications
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects*
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Radiography
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Methotrexate