Digital vasculitis associated with interferon therapy

The case of a 42-year-old man who was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia and who developed digital vasculitis after treatment with interferons is presented. Subacute vasculitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients receiving interferon therapy who present with extre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of medicine 1992-06, Vol.92 (6), p.702-703
Hauptverfasser:	Reid, Thomas J., Lombardo, Frederic A., Redmond, John, Hammond, Sharon L., Coffey, James A., Ozer, Howard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Angiography, Digital Subtraction Biological and medical sciences Cancer Circulatory system Drug therapy Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Humans Interferon Type I - adverse effects Interferon-gamma - adverse effects Male Medical research Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Recombinant Proteins Toxicity: cardiovascular system Vasculitis - chemically induced Vasculitis - diagnostic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:	The case of a 42-year-old man who was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia and who developed digital vasculitis after treatment with interferons is presented. Subacute vasculitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients receiving interferon therapy who present with extremity numbness and paresthesias.
ISSN:	0002-9343 1555-7162
DOI:	10.1016/0002-9343(92)90792-A