A 30-year result of deforming arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatol Int. 2007 Jul;27(9):881-2. doi: 10.1007/s00296-007-0312-y. Epub 2007 Jan 17.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / analysis
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / blood
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / immunology
  • Arthritis / diagnosis*
  • Arthritis / immunology*
  • Arthritis / physiopathology
  • Arthrography
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • DNA / immunology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Finland
  • Foot / diagnostic imaging
  • Foot / pathology
  • Hand / diagnostic imaging
  • Hand / pathology
  • Humans
  • Joints / immunology*
  • Joints / pathology*
  • Joints / physiopathology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / physiopathology
  • Serotyping
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Autoantibodies
  • DNA