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MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
Vol.13 No.3 |
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A case of amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid
arthritis complicated with Graves'' ophthalmopathy
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| Koichiro Kusumoto1, Tomoki Origuchi2 , Kiyoshi
Migita1, Fumiko Tanaka1, Taiichiro Miyashita1, Ayumi Hida1, Hiroaki
Ida1, Atsushi Kawakami1, Yojiro Kawabe1, Kiyoto Ashizawa1 and Katsumi
Eguchi1 |
(1) First Department of Internal Medicine,
Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
(2) Nagasaki University School of Health Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki,
852-8520, Japan |
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| Received: 08 June 2002 Accepted: 18 December
2002 |
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| 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. |
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| Key words |
| Amyloidosis - Graves'' ophthalmopathy -
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) |
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