© 1993 British Society for Rheumatology
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SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS-LIKE SYNDROME WITH FOCAL PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS DURING D-PENICILLAMINE THERAPY


*Departments of Rheumatology, St Bartholomew's Hospital London EC1
Department of Histopathology UMDS, Guy's Campus
Department of Rheumatology, Whipps Cross Hospital London
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to S. Donnelly
We report a patient with RA who developed serological evidence for lupus disease in the presence of a crescentic immune complex glomerulonephritis (GN). This occurred after 4 years therapy with penicillamine and resolved on withdrawal of this drug and following treatment with cyclophosphamide.
KEY WORDS: Rheumatoid arthritis, Immune complex nephritis, Cyclophosphamide