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Case Report of Rheumatoid Vacuities Leading to Recurrent Sloughing Ulcer of Skin


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1 Department of General Medicine, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
2 Department of General Medicine, ID Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3 Department of Psychiatry, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
4 Department of General Surgery, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
5 Department of Pathology, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
     

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A lady aged 50 yrs presented with multiple small and large joint pain with severe body ache. She also gave history of recurrent skin ulcers which is very deep almost extending to the bone. The ulcers heal with scarring by the standard treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Steroid. One may misinterpret the diagnosis of rheumatoid vasculities presenting as sloughing ulcers as a secondary bacterial infection of skin as the patient may be associated with immunosuppression.

Keywords

Rheumatoid Vasculitis, Anti-Nuclear Antibodies, Atypical Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies, Sloughing Ulcers, Immunosuppression.
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Authors

Md. Hamid Ali
Department of General Medicine, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
Arijit Sinha
Department of General Medicine, ID Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kapildev Mondal
Department of General Medicine, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Department of Psychiatry, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
Avijit Roy
Department of General Surgery, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India
Balaram Tudu
Department of Pathology, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India

Abstract


A lady aged 50 yrs presented with multiple small and large joint pain with severe body ache. She also gave history of recurrent skin ulcers which is very deep almost extending to the bone. The ulcers heal with scarring by the standard treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Steroid. One may misinterpret the diagnosis of rheumatoid vasculities presenting as sloughing ulcers as a secondary bacterial infection of skin as the patient may be associated with immunosuppression.

Keywords


Rheumatoid Vasculitis, Anti-Nuclear Antibodies, Atypical Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies, Sloughing Ulcers, Immunosuppression.