Multiple rheumatoid bursal cysts.
We have encountered a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed multiple subcutaneous swellings containing sterile milky fluid. The resected material showed chronic granulomatous changes compatible with rheumatoid inflammation. We suggest that multiple chronic rheumatoid inflammation may occur in the bursae as well as joint synovium as one of the extraarticular manifestations of RA.
Department of Clinical Immunology, Kyushu University, Beppu Oita, Japan.
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Yasuda
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Nobunaga
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D002061:Bursa, Synovial; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography