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Summary
A 44-year-old woman with cutaneous psoriasis and no history of joint involvement recently treated with adalimumab was admitted to the inpatient Internal Medicine service for uncontrolled, severe joint pain so debilitating that it limited her activities of daily living and prevented her from working as a medical technologist. She had stopped taking adalimumab 3 weeks prior to presentation after receiving approximately 2.5 months of therapy for cutaneous psoriasis unresponsive to trials of topical steroids and methotrexate. Antinuclear antibody and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies were positive at high titres. She received a course of oral corticosteroids with improvement in her symptoms.
- dermatology
- musculoskeletal syndromes
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- immunological products and vaccines
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Contributors JES examined the patient, analysed the patient data and was the primary author of the case report. JP-F examined the patient, analysed the patient data and contributed to the writing of the case report. BB examined the patient and analysed the patient data. All authors approved the final version of the case report manuscript.
Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.