title: [Gamma heavy chain disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Spontaneous disappearance of the pathologic protein].
abstract: The authors report the chance discovery in a man aged 53 years with serum positive rheumatoid arthritis, of gamma 3 heavy chain disease. The originality of this case depended on the absence of any detectable lymphoid proliferation and on the transient character of the pathological protein. Only the course after a long follow up will determine whether there is no incipient lymphoid proliferation and whether the heavy chain disease has disappeared permanently.
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006362:Heavy Chain Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000032:analysis*; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains
vernacular_title: Maladie des chaînes lourdes gamma associée à une polyarthrite rhumatoïde. Disparition spontanée de la protéine pathologique.