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  • Title: Necrotizing Granulomas in a Patient With Psoriasis and Sarcoidosis After Adalimumab-Medication-Induced Reaction or Reactivation of Latent Disease?
    Author: Turkowski Y, Konnikov N, Mahalingam M.
    Journal: Am J Dermatopathol; 2019 Sep; 41(9):661-666. PubMed ID: 30839343.
    Abstract:
    In this report, we describe a case of a patient with a clinical history of systemic sarcoidosis and psoriasis who developed biopsy-confirmed perforating and necrotizing cutaneous granulomas after 12 months of treatment with adalimumab, a tumor necrosis factor-alpha-inhibiting, anti-inflammatory, biologic medication, prescribed for the patient's psoriasis. Although rare reports of a "sarcoidosis-like" reaction associated with select tumor necrosis factor-alpha agents exist, to the best of our knowledge, perforating and necrotizing cutaneous granulomas after treatment with adalimumab has not been previously reported. Given the patient's history of systemic sarcoidosis, the differential diagnosis includes reactivation of latent sarcoidosis with adalimumab as a trigger.
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