TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for skin disease other than toxic epidermal necrolysis
T2 - A retrospective review of Mayo Clinic experience
AU - Wetter, David A.
AU - Davis, Mark Denis P.
AU - Yiannias, James A.
AU - Gibson, Lawrence E.
AU - Dahl, Mark V.
AU - El-Azhary, Rokea A.
AU - Bruce, Alison J.
AU - Lookingbill, Donald P.
AU - Ahmed, Iftikhar
AU - Schroeter, Arnold L.
AU - Pittelkow, Mark R.
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To examine retrospectively the use and effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment of various skin diseases, primarily immunobullous disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We identified patients who had received IVIg therapy for skin disease between 1996 and 2003 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, Scottsdale, Ariz, and Jacksonville, Fla, and retrospectively reviewed their medical records. RESULTS: Eighteen patients were treated with IVIg for various skin diseases: Immunobullous disease in 11 adults (pemphigus vulgaris [7 patients], bullous pemphigoid [3], and cicatricial pemphigoid [1]); dermatomyositis (2); mixed connective tissue disease (1); chronic urticaria (1); scleromyxedema (1); leukocytoclastic vasculitis (1); and linear IgA bullous disease (1). Responses of patients by type of disease were as follows: pemphigus vulgaris, 1 partial response (PR) and 6 no response (NR); bullous pemphigoid, 1 complete response (CR) and 2 NR; cicatricial pemphigoid, 1 NR; dermatomyositis, 1 CR and 1 PR; mixed connective tissue disease, 1 CR; chronic urticaria, 1 CR; scleromyxedema, 1 CR; leukocytoclastic vasculitis, 1 PR; and linear IgA bullous disease, 1 CR. Six patients (33%) experienced CR, 3 (17%) had PR, and 9 (50%) had NR to IVIg therapy. All 9 non-responders were adult patients with immunobullous disease. CONCLUSION: Although this was a retrospective study of a small cohort of a mixture of patients, the findings emphasize that our experience with IVIg treatment for skin disease, particularly immunobullous disease, is less favorable than that reported previously. Further studies are needed to verify the efficacy of IVIg for skin disease.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine retrospectively the use and effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment of various skin diseases, primarily immunobullous disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We identified patients who had received IVIg therapy for skin disease between 1996 and 2003 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, Scottsdale, Ariz, and Jacksonville, Fla, and retrospectively reviewed their medical records. RESULTS: Eighteen patients were treated with IVIg for various skin diseases: Immunobullous disease in 11 adults (pemphigus vulgaris [7 patients], bullous pemphigoid [3], and cicatricial pemphigoid [1]); dermatomyositis (2); mixed connective tissue disease (1); chronic urticaria (1); scleromyxedema (1); leukocytoclastic vasculitis (1); and linear IgA bullous disease (1). Responses of patients by type of disease were as follows: pemphigus vulgaris, 1 partial response (PR) and 6 no response (NR); bullous pemphigoid, 1 complete response (CR) and 2 NR; cicatricial pemphigoid, 1 NR; dermatomyositis, 1 CR and 1 PR; mixed connective tissue disease, 1 CR; chronic urticaria, 1 CR; scleromyxedema, 1 CR; leukocytoclastic vasculitis, 1 PR; and linear IgA bullous disease, 1 CR. Six patients (33%) experienced CR, 3 (17%) had PR, and 9 (50%) had NR to IVIg therapy. All 9 non-responders were adult patients with immunobullous disease. CONCLUSION: Although this was a retrospective study of a small cohort of a mixture of patients, the findings emphasize that our experience with IVIg treatment for skin disease, particularly immunobullous disease, is less favorable than that reported previously. Further studies are needed to verify the efficacy of IVIg for skin disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0025-6196(11)62956-x
DO - 10.1016/s0025-6196(11)62956-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15667028
AN - SCOPUS:19944427764
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 80
SP - 41
EP - 47
JO - Mayo Clinic proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic proceedings
IS - 1
ER -