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Síndrome de Felty: relato de caso e revisão da terapêutica Felty's syndrome: case report and review of therapeutics

Authors :
Ênio Ricardo Vasconcelos Souza
Fabiane Castilho Bezerra
Luiz Fernando de Souza Passos
Sandra Lúcia Euzébio Ribeiro
Source :
Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, Vol 47, Iss 4, Pp 303-308 (2007)
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2007.

Abstract

Os autores relatam um caso de artrite reumatóide, com 20 anos de evolução, que desenvolveu neutropenia e esplenomegalia em uso de 20 mg de metotrexato, que persistiu mesmo com sua substituição pela ciclosporina A. Apresentou infecções de orofaringe, pele e trato urinário. Após afastar doenças hematológicas, o diagnóstico foi de síndrome de Felty. Realizou-se o tratamento com antibioticoterapia, fator estimulador de colônia de granulócitos e macrófagos, pulsoterapia com metilprednisolona e leflunomida. Evoluiu inicialmente com melhora clínica e laboratorial. Após 2 meses de uso do leflunomida, foi admitida em pronto-socorro com quadro de sepse, ocorrendo o óbito em poucas horasThe authors describe the case of a 42 years-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis WITH A 20 years OF FOLLOW-UP. The patient was using METHOTREXATE (20 mg/WEEK); she developed neutropenia and splenomegaly that persisted despite changing medication for cYclosporine A. She then developed oropharyngeal, skin and urinary tract infections. After excluding for hematological affections, she was diagnosed as presenting Felty's syndrome. She was started on antibiotics while receiving also granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, pulsed methylprednisolone, andleflunomide. Two moths after the initiation ofleflunomide, she was admitted to an emergency hospital unit with septic shock that resulted in her death in a few hours

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
04825004 and 18094570
Volume :
47
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.98ff7f6c07464f83613408efc214cb
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0482-50042007000400012