Spondylodiscitis (Andersson lesion) in psoriatic spondyloarthritis: a rare event successfully treated with an anti-TNF therapy.
Spondylodiscitis (Andersson lesion) is an infrequent and late complication of advanced ankilosing arthritis. Scanty data on the efficacy of anti-TNF therapy for these lesions are available. To our knowledge, only few cases of spondylodiscitis occurring in patients with psoriatic arthritis were reported in literature. We describe the case of a patient with psoriatic arthritis who early developed Andersson lesions successfully treated with infliximab plus methotrexate therapy.
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Bruzzese
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Scolieri
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Hassan
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Lorenzetti
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D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications*; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000069285:Infliximab / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D025241:Spondylarthritis / Q000150:complications*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000069285:Infliximab