title: [Sarcoidosis after adalimumab treatment in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a report of two cases and literature review].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  TNF α antagonists (anti-TNF α) are widely used in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylarthropathy (SpA). The efficacy of the anti-TNF α monoclonal antibodies was also observed in unresponsive sarcoidosis to conventional therapy. In contrast, sarcoidosis in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease treated with anti-TNF α keep on growing, with a suspected role of anti-TNF α in this pathological process.
  
  
  METHODS
  We presented here two cases of sarcoidosis developing while the patient was on adalimumab (ADA) therapy for inflammatory rheumatic disease. In one case, the reintroduction of ADA led to increase in symptomatology. We also analyzed the 16 other cases of sarcoidosis developing under ADA treatment published in literature, mostly in RA patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These cases show a possible paradoxical effect of ADA in sarcoidosis development in patients treated with anti-TNFα monoclonal antibodies. The iatrogenic mechanism remains unclear. These cases underline the importance of a drug-induced etiology survey facing any symptomatology suggesting the development of sarcoidosis in patients treated with anti-TNF α for an inflammatory rheumatic disease.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Rennes, centre régional de pharmacovigilance, service de pharmacologie clinique, 35000 Rennes, France. Electronic address: luciemarie.scailteux@chu-rennes.fr.
authors.forename: Lucie-Marie
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Scailteux
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier de Vannes, service de rhumatologie, 56000 Vannes, France.
authors.forename: Claudie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.affiliation: CHU de Rennes, centre régional de pharmacovigilance, service de pharmacologie clinique, 35000 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polard
authors.affiliation: CHU de Rennes, service de rhumatologie, 35000 Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Aleth
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perdriger
mesh_terms: D000068879:Adalimumab; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D008875:Middle Aged; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000068879:Adalimumab