Navigating Rhupus Complexity

dc.contributor.authorGökten, Dilara Bulut
dc.contributor.authorMercan, Rıdvan
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-06T12:12:40Z
dc.date.available2025-04-06T12:12:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe term ‘Rhupus,’ introduced by Peter Schur in 1971, describes patients meeting criteria for both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Rhupus (RhS) is a rare syndrome, and approximately 60 cases have been described in the literature to date. The challenges in diagnosing this disease stem from the lack of well-defined clinical criteria. In this case, we present a 42-year-old female patient with overlap syndrome of RA and SLE (RhS) who developed inflammatory arthritis, swelling in her bilateral wrists, severe malar rash, oral ulcers and alopecia, anemia and thrombocytopenia during follow-up. Upon arrival, the patient’s laboratory values were as follows: erythrocyte sedimentation rate: 61 mm/hour (normal value: 0-20), hemoglobin: 8.3 g/dL (12-16), platelet count: 112.103/μL (150-450.103/μL). The purpose of documenting this case is to share our own experience with a syndrome that is quite rare and has the potential to cause confusion in the daily practice of clinicians.
dc.identifier.doi10.5505/achmedj.2024.95967
dc.identifier.endpage122
dc.identifier.issn2822-5872
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage118
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/16156
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5505/achmedj.2024.95967
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/achmedicaljournal/issue/87412/1557451
dc.identifier.volume3
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAnkara Şehir Hastanesi
dc.relation.ispartofACH Medical Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryDiğer
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20250406
dc.subjectLupus
dc.subjectRheumatoid arthritis
dc.subjectSLE
dc.subjectRhupus
dc.titleNavigating Rhupus Complexity
dc.typeOther

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