New-onset lupus presenting as serositis in an 80-year-old woman: does a high-titer ANA in pleural, pericardial, or peritoneal fluid help confirm the diagnosis?

J Clin Rheumatol. 2005 Oct;11(5):292-3. doi: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000182205.26490.b3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / analysis
  • Ascites / etiology
  • Blood Sedimentation
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
  • Complement C3 / analysis
  • Complement C4 / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Serositis / etiology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Complement C3
  • Complement C4