Case Report
J Rheum Dis 2013; 20(4): 251-255
Published online August 30, 2013
© Korean College of Rheumatology
상부 인두근육을 침범한 류마티스관절염과 다발성 근염이 합병된 중복 증후군 1예
장원석ㆍ김소미ㆍ홍승재ㆍ이상훈ㆍ송란ㆍ양형인ㆍ이연아
A Case of Overlap Syndrome of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Polymyositis with the Involvement of Upper Pharyngeal Muscles
Correspondence to : Yeon-Ah Lee
An overlap syndrome is a combination of major features of more than one connective tissue diseases which is pre-sented in the same patient. An overlap syndrome of rheu-matoid arthritis (RA) and polymyositis (PM) which in-volved the upper pharyngeal muscle has not been reported in Korea. Herein, we report a rare case of a patient with a long-history RA presenting proximal muscle weakness and swallowing difficulty, who was successfully treated with a high-dose of corticosteroid, azathioprine and tacrolimus.
Keywords Rheumatoid arthritis, Polymyositis, Overlap syndrome
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Case Report
J Rheum Dis 2013; 20(4): 251-255
Published online August 30, 2013
Copyright © Korean College of Rheumatology.
상부 인두근육을 침범한 류마티스관절염과 다발성 근염이 합병된 중복 증후군 1예
장원석ㆍ김소미ㆍ홍승재ㆍ이상훈ㆍ송란ㆍ양형인ㆍ이연아
A Case of Overlap Syndrome of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Polymyositis with the Involvement of Upper Pharyngeal Muscles
Won Seok Jang, So-Mi Kim, Seung-Jae Hong, Sang-Hoon Lee, Ran-Song, Hyung-In Yang, Yeon-Ah Lee
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence to:Yeon-Ah Lee
Abstract
An overlap syndrome is a combination of major features of more than one connective tissue diseases which is pre-sented in the same patient. An overlap syndrome of rheu-matoid arthritis (RA) and polymyositis (PM) which in-volved the upper pharyngeal muscle has not been reported in Korea. Herein, we report a rare case of a patient with a long-history RA presenting proximal muscle weakness and swallowing difficulty, who was successfully treated with a high-dose of corticosteroid, azathioprine and tacrolimus.
Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Polymyositis, Overlap syndrome
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