Rheumatoid nodules are hard lumps that appear under the skin, usually near joints. Inflammation causes them. They can be bothersome but aren’t usually painful. Nodules tend to develop at ...

Key risk factors include male gender, older age, smoking, pulmonary comorbidities, rheumatoid nodules, and leflunomide usage.

This causes a small clump of cells called a granuloma to form. The nodules can also be caused by air pollution, fungal infections and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In fact, up to ...

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD Fact checked by Angela Underwood A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is an isolated ...

I never had this before. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis can develop rheumatoid nodules, and it is a marker, for example, of more aggressive disease. Sometimes they're small, like the size of a ...

Rheumatoid nodules are lumps of swollen tissue just below the skin. These nodules can range from the size of a pea to the size of a grape. They’re usually found in places that receive pressure ...

Bumps (nodules). Rheumatoid nodules ranging in size from a pea to a mothball form in nearly one-third of people who have RA. Nodules usually form over pressure points in the body such as the elbows, ...