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Conversion of Antinuclear Antibody Specificity as a Marker of Deterioration of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus into Lupus Nephritis
Author(s) -
Kihira Chika,
Mizutani Hitoshi,
Shimizu Masayuki
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1994.tb03321.x
Subject(s) - anti nuclear antibody , lupus nephritis , medicine , titer , systemic lupus erythematosus , antibody , lupus erythematosus , immunology , nephritis , homogeneous , pathology , dermatology , autoantibody , disease , physics , thermodynamics
A 34‐year‐old male systemic lupus erythematosus patient (SLE) with cutaneous vasculitis developed renal failure after switching anti‐nuclear antibody (ANA) specificity. He developed cutaneous lupus erythematosus with homogeneous and speckled type ANA and a high titer of anti‐DNA antibody without renal involvement at 21 years of age. After developing lupus nephritis at the age of 27, the original ANA disappeared gradually. Two years later, a discrete speckled type ANA titer elevated abruptly to as high as 1:640 with low complementemia and without DNA antibody. Within five years, he suffered renal failure. This case of SLE suggests a direct correlation with ANA pattern and organ involvement.