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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

A giant rheumatoid nodule of the cubital fossa: A mimicker of malignancy.

Sofia-Chrysovalantou Zagalioti, Eliza Stavride, Antonia Bintoudi

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sofia-Chrysovalantou ZagaliotiGeneral Practitioner, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eliza StavrideDepartment of Radiology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Antonia BintoudiDepartment of Radiology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Papageorgiou General Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid nodules (RNs) are the most common extraarticular manifestation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, appearing in up to 30%. They are typically localized subcutaneously in pressure points or joints, such as the extensor surface of the elbow. But when they have atypical localizations, they provide a confusing differential diagnosis including the possibility of a malignancy. Herein, we report a 53-year-old female patient with known rheumatoid arthritis who presented with a painless mass in the right cubital fossa. The uncommon site and the presence of cortical disruption made us proceed to computed tomography-guided biopsy to exclude the presence of a malignancy. Biopsy established the RN diagnosis.

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Cubital fossaguided biopsyrheumatoid arthritisrheumatoid nodulesubcutaneous nodule

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PMID33110878
PMCPMC7586523
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