THALIDOMIDE-RESISTANT HIV-ASSOCIATED APHTHAE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH GRANULOCYTE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

Authors
MANDERS SM KOSTMAN JR MENDEZ L RUSSIN VL
Citation
Sm. Manders et al., THALIDOMIDE-RESISTANT HIV-ASSOCIATED APHTHAE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH GRANULOCYTE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 33(2), 1995, pp. 380-382
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
380 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1995)33:2<380:THASTW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Thalidomide has been advocated as the treatment of choice for recalcit rant aphthae. We describe the case of patient with HIV infection and e xtensive aphthae whose condition failed to respond to corticosteroids, cyclosporine, and thalidomide. The patient's course was complicated b y colonic aphthae. Rapid and sustained resolution was achieved through treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, a previously un reported therapeutic option.