NECROTIZING CUTANEOUS LESIONS CAUSED BY INTERFERON-BETA INJECTIONS INA PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS

Authors
FELDMANN R LOWWEISER H DUSCHET P GSCHNAIT F
Citation
R. Feldmann et al., NECROTIZING CUTANEOUS LESIONS CAUSED BY INTERFERON-BETA INJECTIONS INA PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS, Dermatology, 195(1), 1997, pp. 52-53
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
195
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
52 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1997)195:1<52:NCLCBI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report a patient with multiple sclerosis who was receiving subcutan eous injections of recombinant interferon beta. During the third month of treatment, painful necrotizing cutaneous lesions appeared at the i njection sites. The possible pathogenesis of interferon-induced skin n ecrosis is discussed.