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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease. Tuberous sclerosis complex(TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. We report a case of RA with TSC. The patient was a 46-year-old woman with polyarthritis and cough symptoms, rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) was initially considered, and after more than 3 months of anti-rheumatic treatment, the patient still had cough, and further examination revealed that the patient had lymphangioleiomyomatosis in the lungs, hepatic and renal angiomyolipomas, multiple subependymal nodules, Vertebral osteosclerotic nodules, as well as facial angiofibromas and periungual fibroma, RA was finally diagnosed with TSC, and everolimus 10mg qd was added to anti-rheumatic therapy for 1 month, and the patient’s cough symptoms were relieved.