Rheumatology International

, Volume 30, Issue 6, pp 817–819 | Cite as

Long-term remission of severe refractory dermatopolymyositis with a weekly-scheme of immunoglobulin followed by rituximab therapy

  • Silvia Sánchez-Ramón
  • Juan Carlos Ravell
  • Inmaculada de la Torre
  • María Montoro
  • Margarita Rodríguez-Mahou
  • Luis Carreño-Pérez
  • Eduardo Fernández-Cruz
  • Francisco Javier López-Longo
Case Report

Abstract

We report on a 44-year-old woman affected by dermatopolymyositis resistant to conventional therapies who experienced long-term clinical improvement and remission after treatment with intravenous polyvalent immunoglobulin in a weekly schedule followed by rituximab therapy.

Keywords

Dermatopolymyositis Polyvalent immunoglobulin Anti-CD20 Immunotherapy 

Notes

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Silvia Sánchez-Ramón
    • 1
  • Juan Carlos Ravell
    • 1
  • Inmaculada de la Torre
    • 2
  • María Montoro
    • 2
  • Margarita Rodríguez-Mahou
    • 1
  • Luis Carreño-Pérez
    • 2
  • Eduardo Fernández-Cruz
    • 1
  • Francisco Javier López-Longo
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of ImmunologyHospital General Universitario Gregorio MarañónMadridSpain
  2. 2.Department of RheumatologyHospital General Universitario Gregorio MarañónMadridSpain

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