Infliximab-induced cerebral thrombophlebitis

Cerebral thrombophlebitis and fibrinogen B.

Thrombophlebitis of the superficial cerebral veins and the dural venous sinuses is now a well-recognized complication of infective processes, not only about the head and neck but elsewhere in the body (Symonds, 1931, 1937, 1940; Purdon Martin and Sheehan, 1941; Purdon Martin, 1941). Most. observers, however, have realized the difficulty in establishing the final pathological diagnosis, particul...

Efficacy of Infliximab Therapy for a Patient with Superficial Thrombophlebitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Superficial thrombophlebitis is known as a frequent complication of Behçet’s disease. Infliximab may promote healing of superficial thrombophlebitis in patients with Behçet’s disease. However, thrombophlebitis as a complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is rare and treatments have not been reported. We describe the case of a 47-year-old man with RA with complications of superficial thromboph...

Thrombophlebitis Migrans

This rare malady of obscure aetiology being characterized chiefly by its recurrent attacks of migrating-phlebitis in peripheral as well as in visceral veins. Moorhead and Abrahamson (1928) have described four cases, showing recurrent attacks of phlebitis in various sites, e.g., in the upper and lower limbs, in the mesenteric veins causing abdominal pain, melaena, etc., in the lungs producing pa...

Effect of infliximab against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether infliximab (Ib), an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), prevents cisplatin (Cis)-induced nephrotoxicity. METHODS The study was performed in the Department of Internal Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey, between November 2012 and May 2013. Thirty male Wistar albino rats were divided into 3 groups, a control group, a Cis group...

Imiquimod-induced Psoriatic Erythroderma Treated with Infliximab.