Year 2026 / Volume 118 / Number 3
Letter
An atypical side effect of TNF alpha inhibitors: acute pleuropericarditis

186-187

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10938/2024

Rafael Cantisán-Campillos, Marcos García-Jambrina, Estrella Martínez-Bermúdez, Rocío Soledad González-Garay, Carla Guillem Ferrer, Elías Emilio Majluf, Celia Tiburcio-Piñero, José Javier Gómez-Barrado,

Abstract
Adalimumab is a recombinant human monoclonal antibody that inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). It has become an important drug in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)​, ​which do not respond to initial medical treatment. The​​ case of a patient with ulcerative proctitis is presented, who developed acute pleuropericarditis, after starting treatment with adalimumab.
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Cantisán-Campillos R, García-Jambrina M, Martínez-Bermúdez E, González-Garay R, Guillem Ferrer C, Majluf E, et all. An atypical side effect of TNF alpha inhibitors: acute pleuropericarditis. 10938/2024


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Publication history

Received: 11/11/2024

Accepted: 25/11/2024

Online First: 09/01/2025

Published: 06/03/2026

Article Online First time: 59 days

Article editing time: 480 days


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