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'''Rheumatoid arthritis''' is an autoimmune disorder.
'''Rheumatoid arthritis''', commonly abbreviated '''RA''', is an autoimmune disorder.


==Rheumatoid nodule==
==Rheumatoid nodule==
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*[http://granuloma.homestead.com/rheumatoid_nod_S89-2617-1.jpg Rheumatoid nodule (granuloma.homestead.com)].<ref name=ghc>URL: [http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html]. Accessed on: 1 November 2010.</ref>
*[http://granuloma.homestead.com/rheumatoid_nod_S89-2617-1.jpg Rheumatoid nodule (granuloma.homestead.com)].<ref name=ghc>URL: [http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html]. Accessed on: 1 November 2010.</ref>
*[http://granuloma.homestead.com/rheumatoid_nod_S89-2617-5.jpg Rheumatoid nodule (granuloma.homestead.com)].<ref name=ghc>URL: [http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html]. Accessed on: 1 November 2010.</ref>
*[http://granuloma.homestead.com/rheumatoid_nod_S89-2617-5.jpg Rheumatoid nodule (granuloma.homestead.com)].<ref name=ghc>URL: [http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html]. Accessed on: 1 November 2010.</ref>
==Lung disease==
:See ''[[medical lung disease]]''.
RA may involve the [[lung]].
==Amyloidosis==
:See ''[[amyloidosis]]''.
Amyloidosis may be due to RA.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 01:36, 2 November 2010

Rheumatoid arthritis, commonly abbreviated RA, is an autoimmune disorder.

Rheumatoid nodule

General

  • Usually only in seropositive cases.[1]

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Necrobiotic collagen surrounded by:
    • Plasma cells.
    • Palisading macrophages.

Notes:

  • Histomorphologically identical to Granuloma annulare.

Images:

Lung disease

See medical lung disease.

RA may involve the lung.

Amyloidosis

See amyloidosis.

Amyloidosis may be due to RA.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tadrous, Paul.J. Diagnostic Criteria Handbook in Histopathology: A Surgical Pathology Vade Mecum (1st ed.). Wiley. pp. 299. ISBN 978-0470519035.
  2. 2.0 2.1 URL: http://granuloma.homestead.com/palisading.html. Accessed on: 1 November 2010.