ea0064023 | Hypercalcemia as a rare complication of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha: a case-report and literature study | BES2019
Simon Caerels
, Sara Vandewalle
, Annick Van den Bruel
, Eric D Hondt
, Christel Haenebalcke
, Charlotte Depuydt
Introduction: (Anti-TNF-α) therapy is widely used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. The most frequent adverse events induced by anti-TNF-α therapy are infections and malignancies. However, reports of paradoxical sarcoidosis-like reactions are on the rise in patients receiving anti-TNF-α.Clinical case: A 61-year old woman, with a medical history of sero-positive rheumatoid arthritis on Adalimumab treatment (anti-TNF-α), was r...