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Published on: June 16, 2020
A case of adalimumab-associated interstitial pneumonia with rheumatoid arthritis
Hayato Yamazaki1, Susumu Isogai, Tetsushi Sakurai
1Department of Rheumatology, Ome Municipal General Hospital, 4-16-5 Higashi-Ome, Ome, Tokyo 198-0042, Japan.
Abstract:
A 64-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) began to complain of recurrent non-productive cough 5 months after starting adalimumab. The chest radiograph and high-resolution computed tomographic findings revealed diffuse ground-glass attenuation. Her clinical course suggested that interstitial pneumonia (IP) may have been induced by adalimumab, and she was successfully treated with a medium dose of corticosteroid. This case indicates that adalimumab-associated IP should be considered if a RA patient develops non-productive cough following adalimumab therapy.
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