REVIEW - Lupus arthropathy: historical evolution from deforming arthritis to rhupus

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Clin Rheumatol. 2004 Dec;23(6):523-6.

Lupus arthropathy: historical evolution from deforming arthritis to rhupus.

Fernandez A, Quintana G, Matteson EL, Restrepo JF, Rondon F, A,

Iglesias A.

Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Universidad Nacional de

Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.

Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease with

multiple clinical manifestations, including arthropathy. The clinical

presentation of articular involvement is variable, ranging from arthralgia

without erosions or deformity to an erosive arthropathy and severe

functional disability. A subset of patients with this articular involvement

have Jaccoud's arthropathy, and others have an arthropathy with clinical

findings similar to rheumatoid arthritis that has been called " rhupus. " In

this paper we review the historical evolution of concepts of lupus

arthropathy, from deforming arthritis to rhupus, and conclude that rhupus is

not a combination of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Instead, rhupus

arthropathy should be regarded as a variant of the arthropathy of systemic

lupus erythematosus.

PMID: 15278746

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