Key result
Methotrexate therapy induced a rare case of aseptic pleuropericarditis that successfully resolved following drug withdrawal and anti-inflammatory treatment.
Population
1 patient with chronic plaque psoriasis
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
10 months
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to consider methotrexate withdrawal in unexplained aseptic pleuropericarditis; single case report leaves open incidence and causality.
Methotrexate may rarely cause aseptic pleuropericarditis, which resolves upon drug withdrawal and anti-inflammatory therapy.
Savoia et al. (2010) studied this question. Methotrexate therapy induced a rare case of aseptic pleuropericarditis that successfully resolved following drug withdrawal and anti-inflammatory treatment.
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