Severe inflammation may be caused by hyperferritinemia of pseudo-pseudo Meigs' syndrome in lupus patients: Two cases reports and a literature review

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1823-1826

  Lee, Sang Yeob ^a   Lee, Sung Won ^a   Chung, Won Tae ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CA 125; Lupus; Meigs' syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FERRITIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANKLE ARTHRITIS; ASCITES; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LOSS OF APPETITE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO PSEUDO MEIGS SYNDROME; PSEUDO-MEIGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ASCITES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MEIGS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890436702     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2362-8     Document Type: Review

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