• Saudi Med J · Sep 2022

    Case Reports

    Double malignancy and a mycobacterial infection in a rheumatoid arthritis patient.

    • Huda AlFaris, Sarah A Alkathiri, Doha Babelli, and Fahdah Alokaily.
    • From the Department of Internal Medicine (AlFaris); from the Department of Rheumatology (Alokaily), Prince Sultan Military Medical City; from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alkathiri), King Saud University; from the Department of Family Medicine (Babelli), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    • Saudi Med J. 2022 Sep 1; 43 (9): 106210651062-1065.

    AbstractRheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease. Malignancy is a serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment. In this article, we discuss a 61-year-old woman who is a known case of Rheumatoid arthritis and secondary Sjögren's syndrome treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatoid drugs and multiple lines of biological therapies. She was found to have recto-sigmoid cancer, disseminated tuberculosis infection, and acute lymphoid leukemia at different intervals of treatment. Therefore, it is advisable to initiate appropriate screening programs that target high-risk people for malignancy.Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal.

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