Rheumatoid arthritis complicated with immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorders during treatment with adalimumab.

A 71-year-old woman was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2002. Treatment was started with methotrexate and she was switched to adalimumab in 2006. In May 2008, she started complaining of swelling of the left axilla and the left elbow lymph nodes, and adalimumab was discontinued in December.