Urticarial vasculitis revealing a lupus like syndrome
Maroc Medical. 2002; 24 (3): 169-72
in French
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| ID: emr-60026
ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 38 years old woman with urticarial cutaneous lesions associated with multiple systemic involvemernt including arthralgias, myalgias, muscular weakness, persistant hypocomplementemia is noted. A biopsy of the urticaria demonstrated a leucocytoclasic vasculitis, the immunofluorescence study of the skin biopsy showed IgM, C3 and C1q deposits in the dermo epidermal junction and along the capillary wall. Antinuclear antibodies, anti DNA are present. The syndrome recognized in this patient and those few observations reported previously constitue a lupus like syndrome
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Syndrome
/
Urticaria
/
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
French
Journal:
Maroc Med.
Year:
2002
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