Failure of tocilizumab therapy in a patient with mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage syndrome complicated by aortic aneurysm

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Nov;54(11):2111-3. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev255. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

Authors

William Terreaux¹, Stéphanie Mestrallet², Marion Fauconier¹, Jean-Loup Pennaforte³, Christian Penalba², Jean-Paul Eschard¹, Jean-Hugues Salmon⁴

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology Department, CHU Reims, Reims.
² Internal Medicine Department, CH Charleville-Mezieres, Charleville-Mézières and.
³ Internal Medicine Department, CHU Reims, Reims, France.
⁴ Rheumatology Department, CHU Reims, Reims, [email protected].

PMID: 26175469
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev255

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
Aortic Aneurysm / etiology*
Behcet Syndrome / complications*
Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy*
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Infliximab / therapeutic use
Polychondritis, Relapsing / complications*
Polychondritis, Relapsing / drug therapy*
Receptors, Interleukin-6 / immunology
Treatment Failure
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antirheumatic Agents
Receptors, Interleukin-6
Infliximab
tocilizumab