Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome: Celiac Disease, Hashimoto Thyroiditis, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Multiple autoimmune syndrome: Hashimoto's thyroiditis, coeliac disease and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Various autoimmune diseases have association with each other but it is very rare to see multiple autoimmune diseases in one patient. Presence of more than two autoimmune diseases in one patient is known as multiple autoimmune syndrome (MAS). We report the case of an 11 years old girl who presented with history of swelling in front of the neck along with constipation, anorexia, weight gain and i...

Occurrence of Hashimoto thyroiditis among the first- and second-degree relatives of systemic lupus erythematosus patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis.

Systemic lupus erythematosus--an autoimmune disease?

The discovery of the LE cell phenomenon by Hargreaves in 1948, quickly followed by the elucidation of its immunological mechanism (Haserick et al., 1950; Miescher and Fauconnet, 1954), proved to be the curtain-raiser that demonstrated the diagnostic relevance of an undoubtedly autoimmune curiosity, and set the stage for the longrunning drama relating autoimmunity to connective tissue disease wh...

Autoimmune thyroid disease in systemic lupus erythematosus.

BACKGROUND The reported prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease (3.9-24%) and antithyroid antibodies (11-51%) in SLE varies considerably. Early reports were mainly based on short term studies of small cohorts. OBJECTIVE To report the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease and thyroid antibodies in 300 patients with SLE, followed up at our centre between 1978 and 2000, by a retrospective an...

Rare Association between Kikuchi's Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi's disease is a rare, benign condition of unknown etiology, which is usually characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and fever. This disease is rarely associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. Here we describe, for the first time in Iran, a patient who developed systemic lupus erythematosus about 3 years after the initial diagnosis of Kikuch...