DEVELOPMENT OF POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA IN THE COURSE OF INACTIVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
VIVANCOS J SOLERCARRILLO J DELREY JA FONT J
Citation
J. Vivancos et al., DEVELOPMENT OF POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA IN THE COURSE OF INACTIVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Lupus, 4(6), 1995, pp. 494-495
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Lupus → ACNP
ISSN journal
09612033
Volume
4
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
494 - 495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-2033(1995)4:6<494:DOPITC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 63-year-old woman developed a clinical and pathological picture of p olyarteritis nodosa (PAN). Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had been diagnosed 12 years previously, and she had been symptom and therapy-f ree for a decade. Development of 'primary' systemic vasculitis in SLE patients has rarely been described previously and the significance of this association remains unclear. The possible explanation for this tr ansition from one connective tissue disease to another is discussed.