Erythema Nodosum During Adalimumab Therapy: An Idiopathic Transient Paradoxical Effect
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Contrary to their undoubted efficacy on rheumatologic diseases, potential for developing skin lesions with Tumor necrosis alpha blockers (Anti-TNF alpha) is an important question in our minds. Although we know, most of the studies and case reports in the literature show that adalimumab is an effective treatment agent on erythema nodosum, we should keep in mind this lesion as a rare paradoxical side-effect. Here we present a case of idiopathic transient erythema nodosum during adalimumab therapy.
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