Background: The pathogenesis is of livedoid vasculopathy (LV)-a rare, chronic, and recurrent cutaneous vascular obstructive disease-is not fully understood. Conventional anticoagulant therapy sometimes exhibits limited efficacy, and although JAK inhibitors have demonstrated some efficacy in the treatment of refractory LV, the evidence remains insufficient.
Case presentation: This study reports a case of a 14-year-old girl who were failed to maintain remission following treatment with oral rivaroxaban combined with external use of heparin sodium cream. However, the symptoms improved significantly 2 weeks after treatment with baricitinib, and remission was maintained during its gradual reduction.
Conclusion: Successful treatment of this refractory patient with baricitinib provides another evidence for the potential therapeutic effect of JAK1/JAK2 inhibitors in LV, and also offers a reference for the dosage tapering regime of baricitinib in LV.
Keywords: baricitinib; livedoid vasculopathy; refractory.
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