| Title | Sacroiliitis and severe disability due to isotretinoin therapy. | | Author(s) | Rozin AP, Kagna O, Shiller Y | | Institution | B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion, POB 9602, 31096, Haifa, Israel, a_rozin@rambam.health.gov.il. | | Source | Rheumatol Int 2009 Jun 17. | | Abstract | We report a case of acute sacroiliitis with severe disability after only 3 weeks of isotretinoin therapy with graduate reduction of pain, limitation and muscle incompetence after discontinuation of the drug and ACTH-depo injection and Ethodolac therapy. Naranjo probability scale indicated a probable relationship between isotretinoin therapy and bilateral sacroiliitis. We discussed possible mechanisms of sacroiliitis and disability due to isotretinoin treatment. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19533139 |
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