An Unusual Mimicker of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

  • Aluoch A
  • Farbman M
  • Gladue H
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Abstract

We present a case of a 47 year-old African American female with 15 pack-years of tobacco use and heavy alcohol use who presented with arthritis and was found to have a positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti double stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA), and anti-Sjogren’s syndrome-related antigen A and antigen B (anti-SSA and anti-SSB). She was subsequently found to have a lung adenocarcinoma associated with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPO). This demonstrates a case of positive antinuclear antibodies and arthritis in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma, which can be falsely diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Aluoch, A. O., Farbman, M., & Gladue, H. (2015). An Unusual Mimicker of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report. The Open Rheumatology Journal, 9(1), 27–29. https://doi.org/10.2174/18743129014090100027

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