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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Systemic lupus erythematosus with hypothyroidism as the initial clinical manifestation: A case report.

Xuejiao Zhang, Baofeng Xu, Ziwei Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Qing Wang, Rui Liu

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xuejiao ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Baofeng XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.
Ziwei LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Yuanyuan GaoDepartment of Endocrinology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Qing WangDepartment of Endocrinology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Rui LiuDepartment of VIP Unit, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
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Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease and hypothyroidism is an organ-specific autoimmune disease. The two diseases may occur successively or simultaneously. The majority of previous studies observed that thyroid disease was more frequent in patients with SLE than in the general population, particularly those who had a higher incidence of anti-thyroid antibodies. However, there are no reported cases of SLE with hypothyroidism as the initial clinical manifestation, to the best of our knowledge. The present study reported on a case of SLE with this unusual initial clinical manifestation and reviewed the literature to estimate the prevalence of clinical hypothyroidism in patients with SLE (range, 3.0-21.4%). The case of the present study had no obvious facial erythema, photosensitivity or recurrent oral ulcers, and only had hypothyroidism as the initial clinical symptom, but the laboratory examination supported the diagnosis of SLE. The present study suggested that in the clinical diagnosis, attention should be paid to screening for connective tissue diseases when diagnosing hypothyroidism, and the importance of thyroid dysfunction should also be recognized in the treatment of SLE.

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autoantibodieshypothyroidisminitial clinicalpericardial effusionprevalencesystemic lupus erythematosus

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