Spleen and liver enlargement in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

We describe the case of a 51-year-old woman with a seropositive, erosive, and non-nodular rheumatoid arthritis of 15 year of evolution. The patient had poor compliance with medical visits and treatment. She came to the clinic with persistent pancytopenia and spleen and liver enlargement. Liver and bone marrow biopsies were carried out and amyloidosis, neoplasias and infections were ruled out. We discuss the differential diagnosis of pancytopenia and spleen and liver enlargement in a long-standing rheumatoid arthritis patient.

Keywords: Arthritis rheumatoid; Artritis reumatoide; Esplenomegalia; Hepatomegalia; Hepatomegaly; Spleen enlargement.