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Query: UMLS:C0409974 (lupus)
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A 17-year old-male presented with a 6-week history of weight loss, lassitude and calf pains. On examination he was very pale. Laboratory tests showed a very high erythrocyte sedimentation rate (155 mm in the first hour), anaemia (haemoglobin 10.1 g/dl), and a raised serum creatinine of 1.54 mg/dl. Microhaematuria (5-10 erythrocytes/microliter) and pronounced pyuria (500 leucocytes/microliter) were present, but the urine was sterile and there was no increase in albumin excretion. The serum IgG was raised to 75.7 g/l, suggesting an autoimmune disorder. Anti-nuclear antibodies (titre 1 : 1920) and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (31 U/ml) were present, while the serum complement C4 was decreased to 0.11 g/l. Renal histology showed an interstitial nephritis without glomerular involvement, while the bone marrow showed vasculitis accompanied by a prominent plasma-cell infiltrate. A diagnosis of interstitial nephritis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus was made, with asymptomatic cardiac and hepatic involvement. Renal function recovered rapidly with prednisolone therapy (initial dose 2 mg/kg.d). While glomerulonephritis is the most common lupus-associated renal disorder, isolated interstitial nephritis may occur in some cases, often with an absence of proteinuria.
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PMID:[Interstitial lupus nephritis]. 158 9

The aim of this study is to characterize the clinical manifestations of postmenopausal systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Of the 699 SLE inpatients, 20 postmenopausal and 70 menstruous SLE patients were evaluated and compared for the clinical manifestations. The mean age of onset was 55.05 years (range from 42 to 66) with a peak of 50-60 in postmenopausal lupus patients. The average time from SLE onset to diagnosis was 2.18 years. Arthritis was the most frequent initial manifestation in the postmenopausal group. Other common clinical manifestations and laboratory abnormalities include lassitude, fever, alopecia, malar rash, cardiac impairment and weight loss, and elevated ESR, decreased C3, ANA >or= 1:80, hypergammaglobulinemia and anti-RNP antibody positive. Compared with menstruous lupus patients, postmenopausal patients were more likely to have weight loss (P < 0.01), myalgia and myasthenia (P < 0.01), and less likely to have malar rash (P < 0.05), renal involvement (P < 0.01), leukocytopenia (P < 0.05) and positive ANA (P < 0.01). Thus, less disease severity and favorable prognosis were associated with postmenopausal SLE patients. Misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis were easy to make with their non-specific symptoms with fewer features suggestive of diagnosis.
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PMID:Less disease severity and favorable prognosis are associated with postmenopausal systemic lupus erythematosus patients. 1881 29