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Porphyria cutanea tarda affecting a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with methotrexate: association or
P Chalem1, A M Ghnassia, Y Nordmann
1Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
|June 17, 1999
Abstract:
We describe the case of a 44-yr-old woman, suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for 15 yr, who developed porphyria cutanea tarda while being treated with methotrexate. The cutaneous lesions healed and the metabolic anomalies improved after a few months, despite continuing the treatment.