Resumen

ORTEGA ESPINOSA, Cesar Ricardo; SALDARRIAGA RIVERA, Lina María; DELGADO QUIROZ, Luis Alberto  y  RIOS GOMES BICA, Blanca Elena. Anti TNF-alpha as a therapeutic option in patients with rheumatoid arthritis overlap systemic lupus erythematous and hepatitis C. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.3, pp. 329-333. ISSN 1817-5996.

The incidence of chronic infection with hepatitis C virus in a patient with rheumatic disease is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge because the medications used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematous are hepatotoxic. We report the case of a patient with rheumatoid artritis overlap systemic lupus erythematosus with positive serology for hepatitis C, who were treated with interferon alpha and the presence of rheumatic disease activity was refractory to treatment, being used Anti-TNF etanercept with resolution of symptoms.

Palabras clave : rheumatoid arthritis; systemic lupus erythematous; hepatitis C; anti-TNF alpha.

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