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Vasculitic leg ulcer, in spite of the usage of high-dose prednisone (1 mg/kg/day).
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The patient was given 60 mg/day of prednisone (approximately 1 mg/kg), with merely partial resolution of the signs and symptoms, even after 2 months of appropriate usage (Figure 1).
By the fourth infliximab infusion, the ulcers healed completely and allowed steroids withdrawal.
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As early as by the fourth infusion, prednisone dosage had already been tapered to zero and no vasculitis recurrence was observed (Figure 2). As of January 2009, no recurrences have occurred and no adverse drug effects were registered.