Ischaemic colitis and immune complexes during gold therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.
A 35-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis developed an ischaemic colitis and circulating immune complexes following her fourth injection of sodium aurothiomalate. The immune-complex titres fell rapidly after resolution of the colitis, and a possible association of these immune complexes and the bowel pathology is suggested.
D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate