Re: CASE REPORT - New onset psoriasis in a patient receiving Ore...

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wow gina that a great article.. Considering i just woke up one day with

psoriasis one day at age 42 but it wastn drug induced. Thanks for posting

this.

Jolene

In a message dated 11/3/2009 8:54:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Rheumatoid.Arthritis.Support@... writes:

Published 6 March 2009

Cite this as: BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/Cite this asCite

by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Unexpected outcome (positive or negative) including adverse drug reactions

New onset psoriasis in a patient receiving abatacept for rheumatoid

arthritis

Jost1, f Hermann1, Laila El-Shabrawi Caelen2, Winfried

Graninger1

1 Medical University Hospital Graz, Division of Rheumatology,

Auenbruggerplatz 15, Graz, 8036, Austria

2 University Hospital Graz, Department for Dermatology and Venerology,

Auenbruggerplatz 8, Graz, 8036, Austria

SUMMARY

Administration of abatacept is a new treatment modality for rheumatoid

arthritis (RA). We describe a patient in whom psoriasiform skin

lesions developed 4 months after the initiation of abatacept therapy

for longstanding, rheumatoid factor positive RA. Histological findings

were consistent with psoriasis. The skin lesions subsided after

discontinuation of abatacept and reappeared after re-exposure to the

drug, suggesting a causal connection between abatacept and the

development of psoriasis.

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(http://casereports.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/2009/mar05_2/bcr0920080845)

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