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Query: UMLS:C0022575 (
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
)
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We present 5 patients in whom thallium poisoning (1) mimicked systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with positive antinuclear antibodies; (2) caused a SLE-like illness with positive antinuclear antibodies and rheumatoid factor that was followed by a persistent chronic polyarthritis; (3) mimicked SLE with negative antinuclear antibodies and no residual disease; (4) caused arthralgia, Raynaud's phenomenon and palmar erythema with negative antinuclear antibodies followed by
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
; and (5) triggered the onset of
SLE with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis
. Although the notion exists that thallium poisoning may simulate seronegative SLE, these associations between connective tissue diseases and thallium poisoning have not been previously recorded.
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PMID:Connective tissue disease features after thallium poisoning. 278 3
