TY - JOUR
T1 - Lupus arthropathy
T2 - A case series of patients with rhupus
AU - Fernández, Andrés
AU - Quintana, Gerardo
AU - Rondón, Federico
AU - Restrepo, José Félix
AU - Sánchez, Álvaro
AU - Matteson, Eric L.
AU - Iglesias, Antonio
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Among the clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an arthropathy, which is usually nonerosive. In many cases the joint involvement is mild. A subset of patients have deforming, nonerosive Jaccoud's arthropathy, and a minority have an arthropathy with clinical findings similar to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that has been called "rhupus." We report our series of eight patients (seven female, one male) with rhupus arthropathy. Patients were between the ages of 17 and 38 years (average: 30.3 years) at disease onset. All had deforming or Jaccoud's arthropathy, and three had erosive disease. The arthritis was typically the first disease manifestation. Other symptoms of lupus including vasculitis and glomerulonephritis appeared after an average of 2.8 years. All had positive antinuclear antibody and rheumatoid factor. Rhupus arthritis is not a combination of RA and SLE, but should be regarded as a variant of the arthropathy of lupus.
AB - Among the clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an arthropathy, which is usually nonerosive. In many cases the joint involvement is mild. A subset of patients have deforming, nonerosive Jaccoud's arthropathy, and a minority have an arthropathy with clinical findings similar to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that has been called "rhupus." We report our series of eight patients (seven female, one male) with rhupus arthropathy. Patients were between the ages of 17 and 38 years (average: 30.3 years) at disease onset. All had deforming or Jaccoud's arthropathy, and three had erosive disease. The arthritis was typically the first disease manifestation. Other symptoms of lupus including vasculitis and glomerulonephritis appeared after an average of 2.8 years. All had positive antinuclear antibody and rheumatoid factor. Rhupus arthritis is not a combination of RA and SLE, but should be regarded as a variant of the arthropathy of lupus.
KW - Jaccoud's arthropathy
KW - Lupus arthropathy
KW - Rhupus
KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus
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U2 - 10.1007/s10067-005-1149-y
DO - 10.1007/s10067-005-1149-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 15980935
AN - SCOPUS:33644869900
SN - 0770-3198
VL - 25
SP - 164
EP - 167
JO - Clinical rheumatology
JF - Clinical rheumatology
IS - 2
ER -