Mycobacterium avium- intracellulare (MAI) liver abscess mimicking liver metastasis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis on adalimumab and methotrexate

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jun 21;12(6):e230912. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230912.

Authors

Takaaki Kobayashi¹, Bradley Ford², Poorani Sekar¹

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
² Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: hepatitis and other GI infections; infectious diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adalimumab / therapeutic use
Aged
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
Male
Methotrexate / adverse effects*
Mycobacterium avium Complex / isolation & purification
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / chemically induced
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / drug therapy

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Adalimumab
Methotrexate