https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.858

Systemic vasculitis in a patient with rhupus syndrome

Vol. 67 No. 4 (2015)
Submitted: 1 January 2016
Accepted: 20 April 2016
Published: 23 May 2016
Rhupus, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis.
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O. Zengin
drorhanzengin@gmail.com
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6207-8749
Department of Rheumatology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
M. E. Onder
Department of Rheumatology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
M. A. Sarica
Department of Radiology, Kahramanmaras¸ Sutcu Imam University, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
I. H. Turkbeyler
Department of Geriatrics, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
G. Kimyon
Department of Rheumatology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Z. H. Demir
Center for Cognitive Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
H. Yildiz
Department of Internal Medicine, Gaziantep University, School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
B. Kisacik
Department of Rheumatology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
A. M. Onat
Department of Rheumatology, Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Rhupus is a rare syndrome characterized by overlap of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Previous reports mentioned that rhupus patients have prominent RA associated clinical manifestations and only mild organic damage related to SLE. Progressive or life-threatening manifestations are rare in rhupus patients. Our patient diagnosed as rhupus was a young women, presented with multi-organ involvement of systemic vasculitis. Rheumatologists should be aware of possibility that rhupus may be accompanied by progressive or life-threatening conditions such as vasculitis.

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Zengin, O., Onder, M. E., Sarica, M. A., Turkbeyler, I. H., Kimyon, G., Demir, Z. H., … Onat, A. M. (2016). Systemic vasculitis in a patient with rhupus syndrome. Reumatismo, 67(4), 161–164. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.858

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