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JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology:
August 2008 - Volume 14 - Issue 4 - pp 238-240
doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318181b45a
Case Report

Refractory Vertebral Sarcoidosis Responding to Infliximab

Garg, Sanjay MD; Garg, Kusum MD; Altaf, Mujeeb MD, MRCP; Magaldi, John A. MD

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Abstract

Treatment of refractory sarcoidosis may be challenging for clinicians. Despite treatment with conventional therapy, sarcoidosis may be progressive and debilitating. Previous studies have implicated a role for tumor necrosis factor-α in granuloma formation as seen in sarcoidosis. Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors are currently approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. There have been recent case-reports supporting treatment of refractory and multisystem sarcoidosis with such agents. We report a case of sarcoidosis, involving the lung and vertebrae, which was refractory to conventional therapy. Our patient's clinical symptoms and radiologic lesions of vertebral sarcoid dramatically improved after treatment with infliximab.

© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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