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Bronchiolitis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient receiving auranofin

✍ Scribed by J. Desmond O'Duffy; Harvinder S. Luthra; K. Krishnan Unni; Robert E. Hyatt

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
379 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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✦ Synopsis

A patient with severe rheumatoid arthritis and sicca symptoms was treated with auranofin. During auranofin therapy, she developed irreversible airways obstruction due to bronchiolitis. Whereas this complication could have been due to her underlying disease, we discuss here the possibility of its being related to the auranofin therapy.

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