Abstract
To report a rare case of sarcoidosis induced by chronic interferon-beta (a type I interferon) therapy of multiple sclerosis and to review previously reported cases. We describe a patient with a prior diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, who developed noncaseating granulomas in her skin and pulmonary lymph nodes, consistent with sarcoidosis, while being treated with recombinant interferon-beta. A retrospective review of the literature was performed using the PubMed database. In our patient, sarcoidosis developed after 3 years of continuous recombinant interferon-beta therapy, dosed 3 times a week. The patient presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion, diffuse arthralgias, low-grade fevers, with an acute onset of rash. The diagnosis of sarcoidosis was secured by finding typical, well-formed, noncaseating granulomas on skin and endobronchial biopsies, with other possible etiologies for granulomatous conditions excluded beforehand. Following the withdrawal of recombinant interferon-beta and a course of corticosteroids combined with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy, the patient's clinical presentation resolved. Excluding ours, only 4 additional cases of sarcoidosis developing after interferon-beta therapy have been rep...Continue Reading
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