Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis that developed after COVID-19: description of a clinical case
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The article discusses the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of cutaneous vasculitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the role of autoimmune disturbances in the development of micro- and macrovascular thrombosis of the venous and arterial vessels caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus infection. A clinical case is described in which skin necrosis in the elbow joint area developed in a patient with a long-term course of RA after COVID-19. The process subsided against the background of treatment with an interleukin-6 inhibitor.
Source: Modern Rheumatology Journal
Authors: R. M. Balabanova, L. N. Denisov
Institution: Association of Rheumatologists of Russia
Language: English
Subfield: Dermatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4401789193