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- Title
Successful treatment for conventional treatment-resistant dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease with adalimumab.
- Authors
Park, Jin-Kyoung; Yoo, Han-Gyul; Ahn, Dae-Seon; Jeon, Hyun-Soon; Yoo, Wan-Hee
- Abstract
Dermatomyositis (DM) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by the inflammation of skeletal muscles and pathognomonic skin rashes, namely heliotrope rash and Gottron's papules and involvement of other organs. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) seems to be one of the most characteristic manifestations of the lung and associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with DM. Despite DM-associated ILD requires aggressive therapy with cytotoxic agents, the efficacy is questionable in some cases, and more effective and less toxic therapies are needed. Recently, although there have been several reports of successful treatment of refractory case of PM and DM with the TNF-α antagonists, including infliximab and etanercept, there was no enough evidence for DM-associated ILD. We described herein a patient with DM-associated ILD who had poor response to conventional therapies and successfully treated with adalimumab.
- Subjects
DERMATOMYOSITIS; TUMOR necrosis factors; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; MORTALITY; INFLIXIMAB; ETANERCEPT; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2012, Vol 32, Issue 11, p3587
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-011-2220-4