title: Patient with rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate with multiple infecting organisms causing gastritis.
abstract: A 70-year-old man with a medical history of rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate 2.5 mg every other day was being followed for cytomegalovirus (CMV) gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection, who was also found to have adrenal masses bilaterally. A CT showed a 1 cm left adrenal nodule along with a 2.5 cm right adrenal mass suspicious for malignancy. A positron emission tomography showed metabolic activity in his adrenals that was non-specific (could be seen in benign as well as malignant lesions). The patient was started on valganciclovir 900 mg daily for 30 days. Following treatment the patient showed marked clinical improvement with a weight gain of 9 lbs and a complete resolution of his epigastric pain. A repeat oesophagogastroduodenoscopy performed with biopsy returned negative for CMV. A repeat CT abdomen to assess the adrenals was performed 2 weeks after completion of valganciclovir. His adrenal nodules had decreased significantly in size, with his left adrenal gland nodules measuring 1 cm and now his right adrenal gland nodule measuring 1 cm.
authors.affiliation: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. RHusney@maimonidesmed.org
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Husney
authors.forename: Vladamir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Privman
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sepkowitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D008727:Methotrexate
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