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Rheumatology 2002; 41: 828-829
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Necrotizing fasciitis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

A. McEntegart and H. A. Capell

Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Ward 14/15, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, UK

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SIR, We report on an unusual and unfortunately fatal cause of leg pain and septicaemia in a rheumatoid arthritis patient.

A 49-yr-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was admitted as an emergency with a history of vomiting, diarrhoea and excruciating pain in her legs. The medical history included 11 yr of seropositive erosive RA, cervical carcinoma treated with radical hysterectomy 5 yr previously, non-steroidal enteropathy and osteoporosis. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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