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Rheumatology 2000; 39: 1422-1424
© 2000 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Successful use of cyclosporin A for the treatment of acute interstitial pneumonitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis

D. Ogawa, H. Hashimoto, J. Wada, A. Ueno, Y. Yamasaki, M. Yamamura and H. Makino

Department of Medicine III, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

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SIR, The interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by slow and insidious progression up to 10 yr [1]. However, it infrequently shows rapid progression, resulting in death within a short time after the onset of pulmonary symptoms [2]. This form of the disease is known as acute interstitial pneumonitis (AIP). Although oral corticosteroids have been used as the standard treatment for AIP, high-dose steroid therapy is frequently associated with serious side-effects without any improvement of the lung disease [3]. In this report, we describe a patient with AIP due to RA, who was successfully . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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