PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R S Rothwell
AU  - M J Mant
AU  - P Davis
TI  - Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy associated with polyarthritis.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.39.4.406
DP  - 1980 Aug 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 406--409
VI  - 39
IP  - 4
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/39/4/406.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/39/4/406.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1980 Aug 01; 39
AB  - A patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinaemia is described. The patient had a severe clinical illness with a pronounced haemolytic anaemia, which followed well-established polyarthritis and gold therapy. It was accompanied by in-vitro evidence of suppressed cell-mediated immune responses and by development of serum antismooth muscle antibodies. These features are unusual and support theories that this disease has an immunological basis. Improvement occurred with prednisone and azathioprine therapy, suggesting that combined use of these agents is useful in some patients with AILD. The patient subsequently developed a lymphoma.