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- Title
A case of amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis complicated with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
- Authors
Kusumoto, Koichiro; Origuchi, Tomoki; Migita, Kiyoshi; Tanaka, Fumiko; Miyashita, Taiichiro; Hida, Ayumi; Ida, Hiroaki; Kawakami, Atsushi; Kawabe, Yojiro; Ashizawa, Kiyoto; Eguchi, Katsumi
- Abstract
We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who suffered from amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated with Graves' ophthalmopathy. She had goiter, diplopia, and exophthalmos with polyarthralgia. We diagnosed Graves' ophthalmopathy with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-receptor antibodies (TBII and TSAb). The amyloid deposit was detected in her stomach. The complication of Graves' ophthalmopathy in amyloidosis secondary to RA has rarely been reported.
- Subjects
AMYLOIDOSIS; THYROID eye disease; RHEUMATOID arthritis; WOMEN patients; GOITER; DIPLOPIA; EXOPHTHALMOS
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2003, Vol 13, Issue 3, p261
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/s10165-003-0233-x