Accelerated pulmonary nodulosis and sterile pleural effusion in a patient with psoriatic arthropathy during methotrexate therapy: a case report.
Pulmonary nodulosis and sterile pleural exudates are well-known extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis patients with a positive rheumatoid factor. In some patients, treatment with methotrexate has been postulated as the trigger of these complications. We report a patient with psoriatic arthropathy, negative RF, negative anticyclic citrulinated peptide antibodies but positive antibodies to cardiolipin who developed massive sterile pleural empyema and multiple cavitary pulmonary nodules during methotrexate treatment. We suggest that awareness of methotrexate-induced lung and pleural complications should be extended to other than rheumatoid arthritis diseases, not necessarily accompanied by rheumatoid factor or anticyclic citrulinated peptide antibodies.
Balbir-Gurman
Alexandra
A
B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. a_balbir@rambam.health.gov.il
Guralnik
Ludmila
L
Best
Lael-Anson
LA
Vlodavsky
Eugene
E
Yigla
Mordehai
M
Menahem Nahir
Abraham
A
Braun-Moscovici
Yolanda
Y
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D008727:Methotrexate