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Tuberculosis Presenting as an Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Sciatic Nerve in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Taking Etanercept

Bruno Miguel Fernandes, José Miguel Pereira, Pedro Rodrigues Pereira and Miguel Bernardes
The Journal of Rheumatology September 2021, jrheum.210540; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210540
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Bruno Miguel Fernandes, MD, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; José Miguel Pereira, MD, Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Pedro Rodrigues Pereira, MD, Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Miguel Bernardes, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal. Address correspondence to Dr. B.M. Fernandes, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal. Email: bfernandesmg@gmail.com. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Ethics approval was granted by the authors' institution and the patient's informed consent was obtained.
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Bruno Miguel Fernandes, MD, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; José Miguel Pereira, MD, Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Pedro Rodrigues Pereira, MD, Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Miguel Bernardes, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal. Address correspondence to Dr. B.M. Fernandes, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal. Email: bfernandesmg@gmail.com. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Ethics approval was granted by the authors' institution and the patient's informed consent was obtained.
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Bruno Miguel Fernandes, MD, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; José Miguel Pereira, MD, Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Pedro Rodrigues Pereira, MD, Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Miguel Bernardes, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal. Address correspondence to Dr. B.M. Fernandes, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal. Email: bfernandesmg@gmail.com. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Ethics approval was granted by the authors' institution and the patient's informed consent was obtained.
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Active tuberculosis (TB) in patients treated with anti–tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) agents usually results from the reactivation of a latent infection.1,2 A 46-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis in Disease Activity Score in 28 joints remission who was taking etanercept (ETN) was admitted in our hospital due to a 4-month history of progressive hypoesthesia and paresthesia, initially on her left foot and later with extension up to the left knee.

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