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Chronic interstitial cystitis occurring during the shift between rheumatoid arthritis and lupus
M A Golstein1, M Manto, J C Noel
1Division of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Hospital, University of Brussels.
Clinical Rheumatology
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
This case reports documents the progressive development of chronic interstitial cystitis during the overlapping process from rheumatoid arthritis to lupus. Concomitantly high titer antinuclear antibody with an anti-68 KD RNP pattern and other biological markers of lupus were observed in the blood. The symptoms dramatically improved under methotrexate therapy. The pathogenic mechanism is discussed.