A 30-year result of deforming arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Symmetric non-erosive polyarthritis is the most common clinical feature in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report on a 42-year follow-up of a 71-year-old woman who first had polyarthritis in 1963 at the age of 29 and continuously since 1975. SLE was diagnosed in 2000 at the age of 66 as anti-dsDNA (56 kIU/l), and antinuclear antibodies (1:2,560) turned positive. In 2005 hand and feet radiographs revealed severe Jaccoud's arthritis with subluxations but without erosions.
Kaarela
Kalevi
K
Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Tampere University Medical School and Rheumatism Foundation Hospital, 18120 Heinola, Finland. kalevi.kaarela@reuma.fi
Laiho
Kari
K
Soini
Irma
I
D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001175:Arthrography; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012703:Serotyping; D013997:Time Factors
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies; D004247:DNA