A Rare Case of Overlap Syndrome with Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Cutaneous Sarcoidosis
10.4078/jrd.2019.26.4.282
- Author:
Kyung Min KO
1
;
Su Jin MOON
;
Jung Hee KOH
;
Jeana KIM
;
Jun Ki MIN
Author Information
1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Mediciney, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. min6403@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases;
Systemic sclerosis;
Rheumatoid arthritis;
Sarcoidosis
- MeSH:
Abatacept;
Arthritis;
Arthritis, Rheumatoid;
Classification;
Connective Tissue Diseases;
Consensus;
Female;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Diseases, Interstitial;
Middle Aged;
Sarcoidosis;
Scleroderma, Diffuse;
Scleroderma, Systemic
- From:Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
2019;26(4):282-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Overlap syndrome is defined as a disease entity that satisfies the classification criteria of at least two connective tissue diseases occurring concurrently or separately in a single patient. Here, we report a rare case of a 59-year-old woman with diffuse systemic sclerosis with lung involvement-rheumatoid arthritis overlap syndrome accompanied by cutaneous sarcoidosis. Although there is no consensus for the optimal treatment of overlap syndrome to date, this case of co-existing rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease successfully responded to abatacept.
