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Ana Campo Ruiz¹, Miguel F Carrascosa¹, Sergio Tapia Concha²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Laredo, Laredo, Spain.

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine

|August 15, 2019

Abstract:

Denosumab is an antiresorptive agent widely used for treating osteoporosis. Atypical femur fractures, osteonecrosis of the jaw and hypocalcaemia are well-known possible adverse effects of this drug. We present, to our knowledge, the first case report in the English literature of clinically significant interstitial lung disease likely related to denosumab.

Learning Points:

Denosumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody which may rarely cause interstitial lung disease (ILD).The findings from this isolated case report of ILD in a patient taking denosumab do not prove causality.Nevertheless, we suggest that patient exposure to denosumab should be considered in a patient with ILD.

Keywords:

Interstitial lung disease denosumab osteoporosis

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