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27-06-2021 | Erythema Nodosum | Case Based Review

Panniculitis as a manifestation of metal-associated autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants: a case-based review

Authors: S. G. Radenska-Lopovok, A. O. Kolesnikova, O. N. Egorova, M. V. Severinova, I. D. Musatov

Published in: Rheumatology International | Issue 8/2023

Abstract

Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) is associated with a hyperergic response of the immune system. The spectrum of clinical changes in ASIA is extensive and difficult to diagnose. Panniculitis is a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by lesions of the adipose tissue. Panniculitis may become one of the signs of ASIA progress.

To describe the clinical signs and morphological changes in the subcutaneous fat as a manifestation of ASIA, developing after osteosynthesis with metal structures.

In this case-based review, were searched for all articles published in PubMed and Scopus databases until March, 2021 using the following keywords “panniculitis”, “erythema nodosum”, “Weber-Christian Disease”, “idiopathic lobular panniculitis”, “Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants”, “Shoenfeld’s syndrome”, “metal allergy” “metal implants”, “metal hypersensitivity” and reviewed them. Irrelevant items and duplicates were excluded.

We report a case of an adult female patient presenting with a non-healing uninfected surgical wound following implantation of metal osteosynthesis construction and panniculitis developed after surgery. A comprehensive examination of the patient to check for ASIA was conducted. Considering the medical history of exposure to metals, tissue lesions, arthralgia, myalgia, low-grade fever, the disappearance of symptoms on the background of immunosuppressive therapy suggested the diagnosis of ASIA.

Report affords clinicians and pathologists additional insight into the clinical and morphological picture of ASIA-associated panniculitis which, if remain unidentified, may cause severe complications. We recommend the removal of constructions with adjuvant activity in patients with suspected ASIA-associated manifestations.

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Title: Panniculitis as a manifestation of metal-associated autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants: a case-based review
Authors: S. G. Radenska-Lopovok
A. O. Kolesnikova
O. N. Egorova
M. V. Severinova
I. D. Musatov
Publication date: 27-06-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Erythema Nodosum
Erythema Nodosum
Erythema Nodosum
Panniculitis
Panniculitis
Published in: Rheumatology International / Issue 8/2023
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Electronic ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-021-04924-1

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