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Idiopathic anasarca associated with oligoclonal gammopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus
F W Miller1, T J Santoro, N M Papadopoulos
1Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|August 1, 1987
Abstract:
We describe a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus with acute onset of severe idiopathic anasarca and the appearance of serum IgG kappa oligoclonal bands. We hypothesize that her anasarca was due to a defect in capillary permeability, perhaps related to the clonally restricted immunoglobulins detected in her serum.