DISSEMINATED LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITH SYDENHAM'S CHOREA AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: REPORT OF A CASE WITH AUTOPSY

1 October 1950

journal article
research article
Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine

Vol. 33 (4), 1042-1053
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-4-1042

Abstract

A case of Sydenham''s chorea, followed within 6 weeks by disseminated lupus erythematosus, is reported in a 17-yr.-old Negro girl. At autopsy, both rheumatic heart disease and disseminated lupus erythematosus were demonstrated. The simultaneous occurrence of both rheumatic fever and disseminated lupus and the close relationship of these diseases are briefly discussed.

Keywords

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
RHEUMATIC CHOREA
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
AUTOPSY

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ACUTE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISSEMINATUS
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1943

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