title: Association of histologically proven rheumatoid arthritis with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
abstract: The association of rheumatoid arthritis proven by means of synovial biopsy with pulmonary sarcoidosis proven by means of bronchial biopsy, occurred in a 58 year old woman. Corticosteroid therapy resulted in complete resolution of sarcoidosis but only slight improvement of the rheumatoid arthritis, which was secondarily treated with methotrexate with a successful outcome. Only two similar cases have been reported with simultaneous histological proofs of both diseases.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Pneumologique Médico-Chirurgicale, Hôpital de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Menard
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gillet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaucher
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Martinet
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate