A Case of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis with Organizing Pneumonia During Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Tokai J Exp Clin Med
; 49(1): 17-21, 2024 Apr 20.
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ABSTRACT
Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a disease that presents with fever and multiple sterile pustules on flushed skin all over the body. GPP should be considered as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and is occasionally associated with respiratory failure. We encountered a case of GPP with organizing pneumonia (OP) during treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A 74-year-old Japanese woman with RA developed fever and erythema with small pustules on the trunk and extremities. She was diagnosed as GPP and admitted to our hospital. During the clinical course, she suffered hypoxia from OP. Although RA and OP are known to coexist, GPP and OP share the involvement of cytokines such as interleukin 8 in the pathogenesis. These cytokines are therefore also involved in the complications of GPP and OP.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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Psoriasis
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Organizing Pneumonia
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Tokai J Exp Clin Med
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Tokai j. exp. clin. med
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Tokai journal of experimental and clinical medicine
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan
Country of publication:
Japan