Formation of multiple pulmonary nodules during treatment with leflunomide

Abstract

Pulmonary involvement is one of the extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis and can be due to the disease itself or secondary to the medications used in order to treat it. We report the case of a 60-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and developed multiple pulmonary nodules during treatment with leflunomide.

Keywords

• Artrite reumatoide
• Imunossupressores
• Nódulo reumatoide
• Pulmão