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Miharu Kitazawa1, Naoto Osugi1, Eri Hayano2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Japan.
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Interleukin-6 blockade can blunt inflammatory biomarkers and mask serious infection. A 49-year-old woman with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder receiving satralizumab presented with mild abdominal pain; C-reactive protein levels remained normal. Computed tomography revealed colonic diverticular perforation with a localized abscess. She improved with percutaneous drainage, targeted antimicrobials, and withdrawal of satralizumab, followed by transition to ravulizumab. This case suggests that satralizumab may obscure inflammatory responses, delaying recognition of gastrointestinal perforation. Normal C-reactive protein levels do not exclude complicated diverticulitis under IL-6 inhibition; early imaging and a low threshold for intervention are essential.
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