“Estaria a Reforma dando sinais de exaustão?” Protagonista deste movimento desde seus pri mórdios, Ana Pitta pergunta com a autoridade de quem entrou para a psiquiatria nos tempos em que descrições fenomenológicas sutilíssimas se mesclavam a portas de ferro trancadas, aos banhos de sol em pátios de cimento nu, e ao chei ro insuportável e inesquecível dos hospícios. A Reforma mudou drasticamente...

A 26 year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, including malar rash, photosensitivity, and arthritis, developed a cerebrovascular accident and acute myocardial infarction. High titres to antinuclear factor, anti-DNA antibodies, positive Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test, and anticardiolipin antibodies were found in her serum. A possible association between the presence of...

Rowell Syndrome is a rare presentation of lupus erythematosus manifesting as an eruption erythema multiforme-like papules and plaques with immunological findings positive rheumatoid factor, speckled antinuclear antibodies, and/or anti-Ro/La antibodies. This case highlights the unusual highly debated in 66-year-old woman newly-appearing erythematous, targetoid setting previously diagnosed system...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by intense polyclonal production of autoantibodies and circulating immune complexes. Some reports have associated SLE with a Th2 immune response and allergy. In the present study 21 female patients with SLE were investigated for total IgE and IgE antibodies to dust house aeroallergens by an automated enzyme-linked fluores...