著者
Hideki Nakamura Yosuke Nagasawa Hitomi Kobayashi Masako Tsukamoto Tadateru Takayama Noboru Kitamura
出版者
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.9433-22, (Released:2022-04-23)
参考文献数
24
被引用文献数
1

We herein report a 60-year-old woman who experienced severe flare of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positivity following administration of the mRNA-type SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Since 40 years old, she had been in long-term remission of anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive RA. Ten days after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, she presented with a high fever and polyarthritis, active synovitis on joint ultrasound, a clinical disease activity index of 35, and positivity for anti-EA DR IgG and EBV deoxyribonucleic acid (EBV-DNA). Tocilizumab was introduced to treat RA. The RA disease activity disappeared, and anti-EA DR IgG and EBV-DNA became negative.
著者
Shiho Toyama Ayuko Takatani Tomohiro Koga Mizuna Eguchi Momoko Okamoto Sosuke Tsuji Yushiro Endo Toshimasa Shimizu Remi Sumiyoshi Takashi Igawa Shin-ya Kawashiri Naoki Iwamoto Kunihiro Ichinose Mami Tamai Hideki Nakamura Tomoki Origuchi Masako Furuyama Maiko Tabuchi Shinichiro Kobayashi Kengo Kanetaka Mikiko Hashisako Kuniko Abe Daisuke Niino Shinya Sato Yasushi Miyazaki Atsushi Kawakami
出版者
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.2782-19, (Released:2019-07-22)
参考文献数
20
被引用文献数
1

A 71-year-old woman being treated with methotrexate (MTX) and tacrolimus (TAC) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was admitted to our hospital and underwent surgery for gastric perforation and peritonitis. An endoscopic examination six days post-surgery showed an extensive ulcer in the stomach, and a biopsy revealed diffused large B-cell lymphoma. We diagnosed her with immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) and discontinued the MTX and TAC. She underwent gastrectomy due to stenosis approximately two months after the first operation, but the histopathological findings of lymphoma had disappeared. LPD should be considered as a potential cause of gastric perforation during RA treatment.
著者
Keita Fujikawa Yushiro Endo Akinari Mizokami Kosuke Takahashi Maiko Tabuchi Kazuo Ohba Hideki Nakamura Atsushi Kawakami
出版者
一般社団法人 日本内科学会
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.55, no.10, pp.1375-1378, 2016 (Released:2016-05-15)
参考文献数
19
被引用文献数
8

A 36-year-old Japanese woman with intestinal Behcet's disease was admitted to our hospital due to a recurrent ileocecal ulcer. Because infliximab (IFX) showed secondary failure, IFX was switched to adalimumab (ADA). After the third injection of ADA, she was unexpectedly 4-weeks pregnant. ADA was continued until 20 gestational weeks. Remission of the disease activity was maintained during pregnancy, and the birth was uneventful. The ileocecal ulcer disappeared after her delivery. ADA was detected in the umbilical blood after 119 days from the last infusion. The placental transition and timing of neonatal vaccination should be considered in cases of pregnancy with TNF antibody therapy.
著者
Shota Kurushima Yoshiro Horai Ayuko Takatani Ayako Nishino Shin-ya Kawashiri Kunihiro Ichinose Hideki Nakamura Atsushi Kawakami
出版者
一般社団法人 日本内科学会
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.9195-17, (Released:2017-10-11)
参考文献数
8
被引用文献数
3

We herein report a woman in her 50s with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed swelling and pain in her fingers; the symptoms were more prominent in winter. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed bone edema in the phalanges of both hands, which was compatible with phalangeal microgeodic syndrome (PMS). This is the first reported case of PMS in a patient with SLE and suggests that performing MRI should be considered for patients with SLE in order to assess the nature of finger symptoms and signs more precisely.
著者
Tomohiro Koga Kanako Takano Yoshiro Horai Satoshi Yamasaki Hideki Nakamura Akinari Mizokami Koichi Ohshima Atsushi Kawakami
出版者
一般社団法人 日本内科学会
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.52, no.16, pp.1839-1843, 2013 (Released:2013-08-15)
参考文献数
15
被引用文献数
2

A 21-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a fever, erythema, cervical lymphadenopathy and pancytopenia. A diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome (SS) with Kikuchi's disease (KD) and hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) was made based on the results of a bone marrow aspiration along with the results from biopsy specimens of the brachial skin and a cervical lymph node. The expression of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) in the skin epidermal basal layer as well as in a cervical lymph node was revealed through immunohistochemistry. He successfully entered remission through treatment with prednisolone. This findings of this case indicate that when SS with KD presents as HPS, it may suggest an association with an RIG-I-related innate immunity.