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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Pain improvement in Camurati-Engelmann disease after anti-TNFα therapy.

Sónia Moreira, Bernardo Cunha, Nelson Pedro Jesus, Lèlita Santos

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sónia MoreiraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3363-0589
Bernardo CunhaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Nelson Pedro JesusDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Lèlita SantosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Camurati-Engelmann disease (CED) is a rare disorder included in the group of craniotubular hyperostosis diseases. Corticosteroids are used for pain management in CED, but in refractory or corticosteroid-non-tolerant patients, pain management is limited. We report the case of a woman with CED diagnosed in early infancy whose initial complaints included persistent bone pain associated with progressive functional disability. She was treated with steroids but over time became dependent on higher doses with only mild pain relief. In her third decade, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) and was treated with mesalazine, azathioprine and prednisolone. Due to recurrent exacerbations of UC, treatment was changed to infliximab, an antitumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα). Remission of UC was achieved and CED-associated pain also improved with infliximab. This is the first report showing a possible role of anti-TNFα in pain management in CED with unsatisfactory response to steroids.

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Camurati-Engelmann SyndromeChronic PainColitis, UlcerativeFemaleGastrointestinal AgentsHumansInfliximabMiddle AgedTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaGastrointestinal AgentsInfliximabTumor Necrosis Factor-alphabiological agentsmusculoskeletal syndromes

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PMID29184006
PMCPMC5720334
OpenAlexW2768867227

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