PATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF MUSCLE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A BIOPSY SERIES WITH COMPARATIVE CLINICAL AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS
PATHOLOGIC FEATURES OF MUSCLE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A BIOPSY SERIES WITH COMPARATIVE CLINICAL AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0046-8177(82)80298-0
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
IRVIN, W
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作者:
OXENHANDLER, R;HART, MN;IRVIN, W
Clinical evidence of skeletal muscle involvement is frequent in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To characterize the manifestations of SLE in skeletal muscle, a biopsy series on 19 patients with SLE was studied in terms of the histologic, histochemical and direct immunofluorescent features of skeletal muscle. Results were correlated with clinical and laboratory data. The histologic spectrum included inflammatory myopathy, vasculitis, perifascicular atrophy and neurogenic atrophy. Histochemical examination revealed type I fiber predominance in 44% of patients and selective type II fiber atrophy in 33%. Direct immunofluorescent examination of skeletal muscle biopsy specimens revealed Ig and complement deposition in vessel walls, in sarcolemmal basement membrane areas and within non-necrotic muscle fibers. The histologic, histochemical and immunochemical findings are correlated with the findings in other organ systems.