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- Title
Erythrodermic psoriasis after rituximab treatment in a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
- Authors
Koumaki, Dimitra; Koumaki, Vasiliki; Haniotis, Vrettos; Katoulis, Alexander; Boumpoucheropoulos, Sotirios; Stefanidou, Maria; Pontikoglou, Charalampos; Bertsias, George; Evangelou, George; Zografaki, Kyriaki; Mantaka, Aikaterini; Krueger-Krasagakis, Sabine; Krasagakis, Konstantinos
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 57-year-old White male who was diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) in December 2017, and he had been treated, for his AIHA, with a gradually reduced course of oral methylprednisolone starting. The article discusses the close temporal association between the rituximab infusions and the onset of erythrodermic psoriasis together with the almost complete recovery after 8 weeks pointed out a drug-related adverse event.
- Subjects
AUTOIMMUNE hemolytic anemia; METHOTREXATE; PSORIASIS; RITUXIMAB; PREDNISOLONE; EXFOLIATIVE dermatitis
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2021, Vol 66, Issue 1, p108
- ISSN
0019-5154
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/ijd.IJD_336_19