Adult-onset Still's Disease during Pregnancy Treated with Tocilizumab

A 28-year-old woman exhibited a spiking fever, arthritis, and liver disfunction when she was 22 weeks pregnant. She was diagnosed with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). As her condition was resistant to corticosteroid therapy, tocilizumab (TCZ) was selected. The TCZ treatment was effective, and she delivered a healthy child while receiving TCZ treatment. Cases in which AOSD first arises during pregnancy are rare, and there have been no reports of TCZ treatment for AOSD being initiated during pregnancy. Although the safety of TCZ treatment during pregnancy has not been established, it may be effective against severe AOSD that develops during pregnancy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 61(2022), 20 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 3137-3140

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Imaizumi, Chihiro [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Masaya [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Fumito [VerfasserIn]
Kaga, Hajime [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Ayano [VerfasserIn]
Nara, Mizuho [VerfasserIn]
Kameyama, Saeko [VerfasserIn]
Miura, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Ogasawara, Hitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Hirakawa, Takeo [VerfasserIn]
Mizunuma, Makito [VerfasserIn]
Satoh, Makiko [VerfasserIn]
Komatsuda, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Terada, Yukihiro [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Naoto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Adult-onset Still's disease
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Case Reports
I031V2H011
Journal Article
Tocilizumab
Tocilizumab, pregnancy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.10.2022

Date Revised 19.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2169/internalmedicine.8886-21

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338141456