J Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Aug;14(4):238-40.

Refractory vertebral sarcoidosis responding to infliximab.

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Department of Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. sanjay.garg@duke.edu

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Treatment of refractory sarcoidosis may be challenging for clinicians. Despite treatment with conventional therapy, sarcoidosis may be progressive and debilitating. Previous studies have implicated a role for tumor necrosis factor-alpha in granuloma formation as seen in sarcoidosis. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors are currently approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. There have been recent case-reports supporting treatment of refractory and multisystem sarcoidosis with such agents. We report a case of sarcoidosis, involving the lung and vertebrae, which was refractory to conventional therapy. Our patient's clinical symptoms and radiologic lesions of vertebral sarcoid dramatically improved after treatment with infliximab.

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