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- Title
Tuberculosis Presenting as an Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Sciatic Nerve in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Taking Etanercept.
- Authors
Miguel Fernandes, Bruno; Miguel Pereira, José; Rodrigues Pereira, Pedro; Bernardes, Miguel; Fernandes, Bruno Miguel; Pereira, José Miguel; Pereira, Pedro Rodrigues
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 46-year-old woman rheumatoid arthritis. Topics include active tuberculosis (TB) in patients treated with anti–tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) agents resulting from the reactivation of a latent infection; and electromyography showing postganglionic changes in nerve conduction affecting motor and sensory fibers with signs of subacute and severe denervation.
- Subjects
RHEUMATOID arthritis; TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; DENERVATION
- Publication
Journal of Rheumatology, 2022, Vol 49, Issue 1, p116
- ISSN
0315-162X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3899/jrheum.210540