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Rheumatic manifestations in myelodysplastic syndromes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1865418     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The myelodysplastic syndromes are characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis with possible transformation to acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. We describe a patient with refractory anemia with excess blasts with unusual rheumatic manifestations of vasculitis, migratory synovitis, arthralgias, and myalgias. A retrospective review over a 6-month period of 162 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes found 16 patients (10%) with several rheumatic manifestations. We divided these manifestations into 4 different categories: cutaneous vasculitis, "lupus-like syndrome," neuropathy, and patients with both a rheumatic disease and a myelodysplastic syndrome. There were 7 with cutaneous vasculitis including leukocytoclastic vasculitis and other individual cases of urticarial vasculitis and panniculitis; 3 with lupus-like manifestations with histological evidence of an inflammatory process; 3 with neuropathic manifestations including peripheral neuropathy, mononeuritis with foot drop, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; and 3 patients in which their myelodysplastic syndrome was diagnosed after their rheumatic disease was known, including rheumatoid arthritis. Sjögren's syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease. The class with refractory anemia with excess blasts had 9 patients with rheumatic manifestations but also had the largest number of patients in the study (46/162 or 29%). Three of the 16 patients died, all from the refractory anemia with excess blasts class, reflecting the known mortality in this group of patients. We believe there is a significant association between myelodysplastic syndromes and rheumatic manifestations.
Authors:
M Castro; D L Conn; W P Su; J P Garton
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of rheumatology     Volume:  18     ISSN:  0315-162X     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Rheumatol.     Publication Date:  1991 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-09-11     Completed Date:  1991-09-11     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7501984     Medline TA:  J Rheumatol     Country:  CANADA    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  721-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / complications
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications*,  epidemiology
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Male
Middle Aged
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications*,  epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Synovitis / complications
Vasculitis / complications
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
J Rheumatol. 1992 Jun;19(6):1005-6   [PMID:  1404113 ]

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