Treatment of Felty's syndrome with low-dose oral methotrexate

Abstract

Recent studies of methotrexate in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis have precluded patients with neutropenia. We present a patient with rheumatoid arthritis complicated by severe neutropenia and recurrent infections, who was treated with low-dose methotrexate, orally, for 30 months. The patient experienced symptomatic improvement and a significant increase in granulocyte count, and the dosage of steroids was reduced. Low-dose oral methotrexate may be a therapeutic option in select patients with Felty's syndrome.