Margaret A Fonder, Deborah L Cummins, Benjamin D Ehst, Grant J Anhalt, Jon H Meyerle
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Abstract
Objective: To describe a patient with treatment-refractory pyoderma gangrenosum and the outcome of a novel therapeutic approach.
Methods: Case report and review of the literature.
Results: A patient with inflammatory bowel disease developed severe pyoderma gangrenosum while receiving treatment with the chimeric anti-TNF-alpha antibody infliximab. Despite subsequent trials of numerous immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory medications, the dermatologic disease progressed. The patient's ulcers finally resolved when treatment with adalimumab, a fully humanized monoclonal antibody specific for TNF-alpha, was initiated.
Conclusions: We report a novel application of the TNF-alpha inhibitor, adalimumab, in the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum.