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Aortic insufficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus

Author(s) -

Shulman Herbert J.,

Christian Charles L.

Publication year - 1969

Publication title -

arthritis & rheumatism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1529-0131

pISSN - 0004-3591

DOI - 10.1002/art.1780120210

Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , systemic disease , aortic valve , marfan syndrome , cardiology , aortitis , connective tissue disease , aortic valve insufficiency , surgery , aorta , immunopathology , autoimmune disease , disease

Three cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with aortic insufficiency are presented. One patient had Libman‐Sacks endocarditis at necropsy. Another had aortitis and pancarditis. The third had a fenestrated aortic valve showing mucoid degeneration, similar to the lesions described in Marfan's syndrome and the “floppy valve” syndrome, and had a successful insertion of a prosthetic valve. Two patients with subcutaneous “rheumatoid nodules” had persistently negative latex fixation tests.

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