Scleroderma “en coup de sabre” With Epilepsy and Uveitis Successfully Treated With Tocilizumab.

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Scleroderma “en coup de sabre” With Epilepsy and Uveitis Successfully Treated With Tocilizumab.

Autor: Osminina, Maria; Geppe, Nathalia; Afonina, Elena

Publication year: 2020

Reumatologia clinica

issn:2173-5743

doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2018.05.001


Abstract:

Case history of a small girl outlet with epilepsy, followed by scleroderma skin damage and uveitis, neurovasculitis with white matter foci in brain on the side of skin lesion in two months, immunologic disease activity. Resistance to conventional immunosuppressive therapy forced us to initiate the treatment with tocilizumab. It was well tolerated and led to significant improvement of brain, ocular and skin manifestations.

Language: spa

Rights: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Reumatología y Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología. All rights reserved.

Pmid: 29929808

Tags: Humans; Female; Child, Preschool; Immunosuppressive Agents/*therapeutic use; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/*therapeutic use; Epilepsia y uveítis; Epilepsy and uveitis; Epilepsy/drug therapy/*etiology; Esclerodermia «en coup de sabre» con neurovasculitis; Scleroderma “en coup de sabre” with neurovasculitis; Scleroderma, Localized/complications/diagnosis/*drug therapy; Tocilizumab treatment; Tratamiento con tocilizumab; Uveitis/drug therapy/*etiology

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29929808/

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