Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 11 © British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved
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Infliximab treatment efficacy in lymphoedema associated with ankylosing spondylitis
Unit of Rheumatology, Alcorcón Hospital Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Correspondence to: R. Almodóvar, Avda. Budapest s/n. 28922, Alcorcón Hospital Foundation, Madrid, Spain. E-mail: ralmodovar@fhalcorcon.es
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SIR, Lymphoedema is an extra-articular manifestation rarely found in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and is quite rare in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) [14]. Literature research shows few published cases of lymphoedema: 30 cases in patients with RA and only eight cases in PsA [57