Severe Photosensitivity Reaction After Pirfenidone Use

Saiara Choudhury; Pahnwat T Taweesedt; Rahul Dadhwal; Salim Surani

doi:10.7759/cureus.16626

Severe Photosensitivity Reaction After Pirfenidone Use

Cureus. 2021 Jul 25;13(7):e16626. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16626. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Saiara Choudhury¹, Pahnwat T Taweesedt¹, Rahul Dadhwal², Salim Surani^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Corpus Christi, USA.
² Pulmonary Medicine, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Corpus Christi, USA.
³ Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA.
⁴ Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
⁵ Medicine, University of North Texas, Dallas, USA.
⁶ Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Associates, Corpus Christi, USA.
⁷ Clinical Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, USA.

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive disease with a significant mortality rate. Pirfenidone is one of two oral antifibrotic therapies approved to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Pirfenidone helps decrease disease progression in patients with IPF and reduces vital capacity. This has led to widespread use of this medication in recent years. In this case report, we present a 60-year-old male who started treatment with pirfenidone for IPF and had severe skin reactions after initiation of therapy.

Keywords: dyspnea; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; ipf; photosensitivity reaction; pirferidone.

Publication types

Case Reports