https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2025.1756
Antisynthetase syndrome with anti-glycyl tRNA synthetase antibodies in a patient with axial spondyloarthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors
Submitted: 17 June 2024
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Published: 10 February 2025
Accepted: 15 August 2024
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We present a case of interstitial lung disease arising in the course of antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) in a patient with axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA) undergoing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors therapy. Only two cases of ASSD in ax-SpA patients have been described in the literature, although with a different autoantibody profile. Only in one case, ASSD manifested with lung involvement, without the possible implication of TNF-α inhibitors in the pathogenesis, as it occurred concurrently with spondyloarthritis. Our case is the first to emphasize the coexistence of ASSD with anti-glycyl tRNA synthetase antibodies and ax-SpA, reminding us of the possible, although rare, adverse effects on the lungs with TNF-α inhibitors.
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Iacovantuono, M., Bonini, C., Di Biase, E., Magliacani, V., & Sebastiani, G. D. (2025). Antisynthetase syndrome with anti-glycyl tRNA synthetase antibodies in a patient with axial spondyloarthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors. Reumatismo. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2025.1756
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