Clinical constellation of annular erythema associated with anti-Ro/La autoantibodies.
10.3346/jkms.2000.15.2.199
- Author:
Chang Woo LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cwlee@email.hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Annular Erythema;
Anti-Ro/La Antibody;
Antibodies, Antinuclear;
Sjogren's Syndrome;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- MeSH:
Adolescence;
Adult;
Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology*;
Case Report;
Erythema/immunology*;
Erythema/etiology;
Female;
Human;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology*;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications;
Male;
Sjogren's Syndrome/immunology*;
Sjogren's Syndrome/complications
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2000;15(2):199-202
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Annular erythema (AE) associated with anti-Ro (SSA) and/or La (SSB) autoantibody in patients with Sjogren syndrome (SS) or with SS/systemic lupus erythematosus overlap syndrome (SS/SLE), has recently been described in Orientals, and it may be a counterpart of annular skin lesion of the subacute cutaneous LE seen mostly in Caucasians. The author examined five Korean AE patients in respect to dinical diversity. In this small-sample study, subtle differences appeared between individual cases regarding the serologic features and the diagnoses of the disease. Among the five cases, four had circulating anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies, and one had only anti-La. Regarding the diagnosis, one was SS/SLE, two were primary SS, and the remaining two were only "AE associated with anti-Ro/La antibody". There seem to be a wide clinical spectrum in the disease expression of AE associated with anti-Ro/La autoantibody than previously thought.
