Syringotropic hypersensitivity reaction associated with infliximab and leflunomide combination therapy in a child with psoriatic arthritis

J Cutan Pathol. 2009 Sep;36(9):991-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01162.x. Epub 2008 Nov 9.

Abstract

A 17-year-old boy with refractory psoriatic arthritis and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency who developed a syringotropic hypersensitivity reaction after 9 months of therapy with infliximab and leflunomide is described. Clinically, our patient showed a vasculitic-like skin rash involving both palms and soles, and histopathological examination revealed a syringotropic lymphocytic infiltrate directed toward the intra-epidermal portion of the eccrine ducts. These features have not been previously associated with infliximab or leflunomide therapy and represent a unique cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction that does not fit any known description of an immune-mediated hypersensitivity reaction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects*
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / drug therapy*
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / pathology
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / pathology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Infliximab
  • Isoxazoles / adverse effects*
  • Leflunomide
  • Male

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Isoxazoles
  • Infliximab
  • Leflunomide