| Title | Cutaneous Vasculitis Associated With Interferon beta-1b Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis. | | Author(s) | Szilasiová J, Gdovinová Z, Jautová J, Baloghová J, Ficová M, Bohuš P | | Institution | From the Departments of *Neurology, and daggerDermatovenerology, Faculty of Medicine, Safarik University; and double daggerDepartment of Pathology, Faculty Hospital L. Pasteur, Kosice, Slovakia. | | Source | Clin Neuropharmacol 2009 September/October; 32(5):301-303. | | Abstract | We report a 38-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, treated with subcutaneous injections of interferon beta (IFN-beta)-1b every other day. Disseminated cutaneous lesions were observed after 3 injections. These symptoms reappeared after drug readministration. The histopathological examination of the skin specimens confirmed nonspecific cutaneous lymphocytic vasculitis. The patient's outcome was favorable after corticosteroid placement and discontinuing IFN-beta therapy. Isolated lymphocytic cutaneous vasculitis linked to IFN-beta-1b therapy is suspected as a new association. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19820436 |
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