Gold salts have been used for many years in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The common side effects are mucocutaneous reactions, but hepatotoxic reaction and isolated neutropenia are rare complications. We report a 62-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who had developed hepatitis and neutropenia simultaneously after receiving 137.5 mg of sodium aurothiomalate.
Antirheumatic Agents, Gold/adverse effects+ACo- ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy+ACo- ; Case Report ; Female ; Gold Sodium Thiomalate/adverse effects+ACo- ; Hepatitis, Toxic/etiology+ACo- ; Human ; Injections ; Middle Age ; Neutropenia/chemically induced+ACo-