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Rhupus syndrome: a case report and literature review
| Resumo: | The authors describe the case of a 30-year-old female patient with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, who presented with an upper respiratory infection, vomiting and diarrhoea, followed by lower limb and facial oedema and oliguric renal failure. She was admitted to the Nephrology ward of the Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo for clinical stabilization and aetiological study. Complementary tests, including immunological study and renal biopsy, led to the diagnosis of Lupus nephritis with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. The authors present a brief revision of systemic lupus erythematosus and of the pathological entity that associates characteristics of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, known as rhupus, that still remains controversial nowadays. |
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| Autores principais: | Goncalves,Hernani |
| Outros Autores: | Querido,Sara; Sofia,Flora Rico; Gil,Carla; Patricio,Antonio; Andrade,Sequeira |
| Assunto: | Haemodialysis immunosuppression lupus nephritis rheumatoid arthritis rhupus systemic lupus erythematosus |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | SciELO Portugal |
| Resumo: | The authors describe the case of a 30-year-old female patient with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, who presented with an upper respiratory infection, vomiting and diarrhoea, followed by lower limb and facial oedema and oliguric renal failure. She was admitted to the Nephrology ward of the Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo for clinical stabilization and aetiological study. Complementary tests, including immunological study and renal biopsy, led to the diagnosis of Lupus nephritis with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. The authors present a brief revision of systemic lupus erythematosus and of the pathological entity that associates characteristics of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, known as rhupus, that still remains controversial nowadays. |
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