Sinus aspergilloma in rheumatoid arthritis before or during tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist therapy

Table 5 Aspergillus disease in patients with other chronic inflammatory joint diseases: literature review

Type of Aspergillus disease	Site	Joint disease	Other treatment^a	TNFα antagonist	Outcome	Reference
Aspergilloma	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	?	--	?	[43]
Aspergilloma	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	Radiation therapy	--	Recovery	[44]
Aspergilloma	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	?	--	Recovery	[45]
Aspergilloma	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	?	--	?	[46]
Aspergilloma (× 2)	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	Radiation therapy	--	Recovery, recurrence	[47]
Aspergilloma + invasive aspergillosis	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	?	--	Improvement	[17]
Aspergilloma	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	?	?	Recovery	[48]
Aspergilloma	Lung	Ankylosing spondylitis	?	--	Recovery	[49]
Aspergillosis	Frontal sinus, meningitis, encephalitis	Chronic polyarthritis	GC	--	Recovery	[50]
Invasive aspergillosis	Lung	Crohn's disease	--	Infliximab	Death	[20]
Aspergillosis	Intra-cranial	Ankylosing spondylitis	GC	Etanercept	Recovery	[19]

^aIncluding glucocorticoid therapy (GC) and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

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