TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease triggered by COVID-19
T2 - What is the best practice for treatment?
AU - Yonezawa, Toshiyuki
AU - Suzuki, Atsushi
AU - Fukumitsu, Kensuke
AU - Katano, Takuma
AU - Kako, Hisashi
AU - Ishii, Makoto
AU - Niimi, Akio
AU - Imaizumi, Kazuyoshi
AU - Sakamoto, Koji
AU - Omote, Norihito
AU - Yamaguchi, Etsuro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - We present a case of 79-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) developed an acute exacerbation (AE) triggered by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient was unresponsive to a combination therapy of remdesivir, dexamethasone, and tocilizumab. Given that a recent multicenter cohort study reported ILD as a poor prognostic contributor in patients with RA and COVID-19, there may be potentially a certain number of patients with AE of RA-ILD triggered by COVID-19. This case highlights the need for a discussion how to treat these patients in a daily clinical practice.
AB - We present a case of 79-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) developed an acute exacerbation (AE) triggered by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient was unresponsive to a combination therapy of remdesivir, dexamethasone, and tocilizumab. Given that a recent multicenter cohort study reported ILD as a poor prognostic contributor in patients with RA and COVID-19, there may be potentially a certain number of patients with AE of RA-ILD triggered by COVID-19. This case highlights the need for a discussion how to treat these patients in a daily clinical practice.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101857
DO - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101857
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85153485535
SN - 2213-0071
VL - 43
JO - Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
JF - Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
M1 - 101857
ER -