How would you manage a patient with Takayasu arteritis controlled on TNFi who develops erythema nodosum that is only partially responsive to NSAIDs?
Would you view this as a sign that disease is not adequately controlled despite labs and imaging suggesting no active vasculitis?
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Rheumatology · Massachusetts General Hospital
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Erythema nodosum and pyoderma gangrenosum (as well as erythema induratum) are well recognized as cutaneous manifestations of TAK. Unfortunately, we do not know how often cutaneous and the vascular disease are decoupled from each other due to a lack of available data. Most case series document associ...
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