Cutaneous inflammation or necrosis at interferon injection sites is not uncommon. Although interferon beta-1b is most commonly responsible for this complication, it is now increasingly reported with interferon alfa. It appears to be secondary to the proinflammatory effects of these cytokines or to their unmasking of a subtle hypercoagulable state.
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