When rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the elbow ... Some people also develop small lumps, known as rheumatoid nodules, near their elbow. 2,4 Swelling in the elbow joints can put pressure on nerves, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of joints and sometimes the internal organs. The result can be joint pain, ...

Institute of Immunology and Rheumatology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. Nodules obtained from five patients with classical seropositive rheumatoid arthritis were studied by an immunofluorescence ...

Extra-articular manifestations are present in around 40% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 These are commonly ... a hitchhiker’s thumb and bilateral elbow nodules noted. Given the patient’s ...

Aside from having had RA for almost 40 years (long before biologics were even thought of), I also have other arthritis conditions—namely, two bone-on-bone shoulder joints and a huge rheumatoid nodule ...

Arthritis can cause painful ... This way, early aggressive treatment can help you avoid RA-related health issues. Nodules: About half of people with RA develop rheumatoid nodules. These are lumps of ...

I never had this before. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis can develop rheumatoid nodules, and it is a marker, for example, of more aggressive disease. Sometimes they're small, like the size of a ...

and VCAM-1 was performed on 10 rheumatoid nodules from seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); nodules and synovium were simultaneously analysed from three patients. (2) T cell lines were ...

A 62-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome took ... fast stain failed to demonstrate microorganisms within the biopsy. The diffuse nodules demonstrated in the chest ...