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Etanercept in treatment of Felty’s syndrome
  1. A Ghavami,
  2. S Genevay,
  3. T Fulpius,
  4. C Gabay
  1. Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor C Gabay
    Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, 26 av. Beau-Séjour, 1211 Genève 14, Switzerland; cem.gabayhcuge.ch

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2004.032110

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    Felty’s syndrome (FS) is an uncommon extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is more prevalent among women around 60 with a long history of severe articular disease, positive rheumatoid factor, and who carry the HLA-DR4 allele.1 Felty’s syndrome has a poor prognosis, with an increased mortality due to a higher incidence of severe infection.2 We describe a patient with seropositive, erosive RA and history of extra-articular manifestations, including vasculitis and FS. Treatment with etanercept gradually decreased the neutrophil count over 20 months. Discontinuation of etanercept and initiation of methotrexate was followed by a dramatic and sustained improvement of neutrophil count.

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