| Literature DB >> 2256743 |
W kaiser1, G Biesenbach, U Stuby, P Grafinger, J Zazgornik.
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Autoimmune diseases following silicone or paraffin implantation are rarely encountered complications of plastic surgery. A 42 year old woman is presented who developed clinical and immunological features of systemic lupus erythematosus 11 years after silicone augmentation. After explanation antinuclear antibody titres decreased from 1/1280 to 1/160, C4 complement fraction and the previously raised angiotensin converting enzyme normalised in step with clinical improvement. It is important that plastic surgeons and rheumatologists should be aware of this possible association.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2256743 PMCID: PMC1004268 DOI: 10.1136/ard.49.11.937
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Rheum Dis ISSN: 0003-4967 Impact factor: 19.103