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Colchicine Therapy for Low‐Dose‐Methotrexate‐Induced Accelerated Nodulosis in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
Author(s) -
Abraham Zeev,
Rozenbaum Michael,
Rosner Itzhak
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb02074.x
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , methotrexate , colchicine , medicine , dermatology , surgery
Accelerated nodulosis developed on the fingers of a woman successfully treated with low dose methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis. Colchicine therapy resulted in regression of these nodules for twelve months. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the dermatological literature on this relatively new entity in which the skin is also involved.