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Unusual and memorable
Case Number 29: Hitting three with one strike: rapid improvement of psoriatic arthritis, psoriatic erythroderma, and secondary renal amyloidosis by treatment with infliximab (Remicade)
  1. C Fiehn1,
  2. K Andrassy2
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany
  2. 2Department of Internal Medicine I, Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr C Fiehn
    Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Hospitalstr. 3, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany; christoph_fiehn{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2003.014191

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    A 64 year old woman presented with a 30 year history of psoriasis vulgaris and polyarticular psoriatic arthritis as well as a newly diagnosed renal insufficiency. At the physical examination she showed severe psoriatic erythroderma (fig 1A⇓) and signs of destructive polyarthritis of the joints of the fingers and feet. Radiology disclosed almost complete ankylosis of both wrists, and high grade …

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    • Series editor: Gary D Wright