Successful treatment of nail involvement using leflunomide in a patient with synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome

Australas J Dermatol. 2023 Feb;64(1):156-157. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13948. Epub 2022 Oct 30.

Authors

ZhaoHui Li¹, Shengyan Liu¹, Yuchen Liu¹, Mingwei Ma¹, Li Li², Chen Li³

Affiliations

¹ Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dongcheng-qu, China.
² Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dongcheng-qu, China.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Fangshan Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

PMID: 36309922
DOI: 10.1111/ajd.13948

No abstract available

Keywords: SAPHO syndrome; leflunomide; nail.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acne Vulgaris*
Humans
Hyperostosis*
Leflunomide / therapeutic use
Osteitis*
Synovitis*

Substances

Leflunomide

Grants and funding

Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership foundation (2017, Dermatology) and the Education Reform Projects of Peking Union Medical College (No. 2016zlgc0106)