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Coexistence of cardiac lesions and thrombophlebitis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
1Second Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Teikyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Clinical Rheumatology
|September 1, 1987
Abstract:
A 41-year-old Japanese female developed polyarthritis with fusiform deformity. Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis was made and anti-inflammatory drugs were prescribed. Later thrombophlebitis in legs and cardiac lesions developed. The clinical course and treatment of this patient are briefly discussed.