A Rare Case of Overlap Syndrome with Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Cutaneous Sarcoidosis

Kyung Min Ko, Su Jin Moon, Jung Hee Koh, Jeana Kim, Jun Ki Min

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Abstract

Overlap syndrome is defined as a disease entity that satisfies the classification criteria of at least two connective tissue diseases occurring concurrently or separately in a single patient. Here, we report a rare case of a 59-year-old woman with diffuse systemic sclerosis with lung involvement–rheumatoid arthritis overlap syndrome accompanied by cutaneous sarcoidosis. Although there is no consensus for the optimal treatment of overlap syndrome to date, this case of co-existing rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease successfully responded to abatacept.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)282-285
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Rheumatic Diseases
Volume26
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019

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Copyright © 2019 by The Korean College of Rheumatology. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Systemic sclerosis
  • Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases

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