Recalcitrant Acneiform Eruption Revealing Behçet’s Disease: A Case with Late but Successful Response to Adalimumab

• Autor(a) principal: Vide, Júlia
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Lopes, Sofia, Magina, Sofia, Azevedo, Filomena
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.75.4.759
• topic: Acneiform Eruptions; Adalimumab; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors; Behcet Syndrome; Adalimumab; Erupções Acneiformes; Factor de Necrose Tumoral alfa /antagonistas & inibidores; Síndrome de Behçet

Behçet's disease is a systemic vasculitis with a chronic-relapsing course, which can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. From the often-compelling challenge of making a prompt diagnosis comes the difficulty in its treatment. We report the case of a patient with an acneiform skin eruption revealing Behçet's disease that was refractory to conventional therapy and later completely responded to adalimumab. Although randomized controlled clinical trials are lacking in the literature, there is already significant evidence supporting anti-TNF agents as a major therapeutic advance in Behçet's disease, particularly in cases that are severe, refractory or intolerant to classical immunosuppression.