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ReviewRheumatology international2025

Friend or foe? Sebaceous cyst inflammation during ixekizumab therapy in psoriatic arthritis: case based review.

Marta Całus, Julia Grymuza, Anna Baran, Piotr Myśliwiec, Iwona Flisiak

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Review in Rheumatology international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marta CałusDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Bialystok, Żurawia 14, Bialystok, 15-540, Poland. martacalus06@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-1537-7827
Julia Grymuza1st Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
Anna BaranDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Bialystok, Żurawia 14, Bialystok, 15-540, Poland. anna.baran@umb.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8018-9960
Piotr Myśliwiec1st Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8173-9960
Iwona FlisiakDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Bialystok, Żurawia 14, Bialystok, 15-540, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5923-910X

Funding

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Bialymstoku B.SUB.25.442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ixekizumab is a monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by targeting interleukin-17 A (IL-17 A). It has demonstrated efficacy in controlling inflammation in autoimmune diseases, though adverse reactions can arise. This case study reports a case of 25-year-old female with psoriatic arthritis undergoing treatment with ixekizumab, who developed acute enlargement and inflammation of a pre-existing sebaceous cyst located posterior to the left auricle, occurring two days after the administration of a routine ixekizumab dose. The present study investigates the potential association between the inflammatory process observed within the cyst and the immunomodulatory mechanisms of ixekizumab. Literature review revealed no prior reports directly linking ixekizumab with sebaceous cyst inflammation. However, related adverse effects, including paradoxical inflammation, infectious complications, and immune dysregulation have been described in patients treated with IL-17 A inhibitors. These include IBD exacerbation, eczematous eruptions, paradoxical psoriasis, and rare systemic complications, suggesting broader immunological effects of IL-17 blockade.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedArthritis, PsoriaticDermatologic AgentsAdultFemaleHumansInterleukin-17Treatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedDermatologic AgentsInterleukin-17ixekizumabAdverse skin reactionCutaneous infectionIL-17A inhibitorIxekizumabPsoriatic arthritisSebaceous cyst

Identifiers

PMID40794191
PMCPMC12343708

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