Comment on ‘Fatal, incidental, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a patient receiving long‐term low‐dose methotrexate for psoriasis’

Comment on ‘Fatal, incidental, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a patient receiving long‐term low‐dose methotrexate for psoriasis’: reply from author

“…We thank Dr Abdelmaksoud for his recent letter to Clinical and Experimental Dermatology , and his interest in our case report and discussion . We did state that the cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) based on the typical clinical and radiological findings.…”

Lungs, methotrexate and psoriasis

“…I read with interest the case report by Affleck et al . and the related comment by Abdelmaksoud . The cause of death was considered to be idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the commonest form of interstitial lung disease but his family were concerned that the methotrexate (MTX) he had been taking was to blame …”