Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on April 16, 2003
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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 972-975
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology
Prevalence and clinical significance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide and antikeratin antibodies in palindromic rheumatism. An abortive form of rheumatoid arthritis?
Hospital Clínic, Rheumatology and
1 Hospital Clínic, Immunology, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Objective. To analyse the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) and antikeratin antibodies (AKA) in patients with palindromic rheumatism (PR).
Method. Sixty-three patients with PR were included: 33 were defined as pure or persistent PR at the time of serum test measurement, and 30 as associated PR, defined as patients with past history of PR who had developed persistent arthritis at the time of serum test: [21 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)]. Sixty patients with early RA, and 80 with seronegative spondyloarthropathy were included as control groups. Anti-CCP were determined by a standardized ELISA test and AKA by indirect immunofluorescence in rat oesophagus. Clinical characteristics of these pure PR patients were compared according to the presence or absence of anti-CCP antibodies. A follow-up study was also performed.
Results. Anti-CCP were detected in 18 out of 32 (56.3%) patients with pure PR and 10 out of 30 (33.3%) with associated PR (38.1% in RA-associated PR patients). AKA were detected in 12 patients out of 33, with pure PR (36.4%), and in 9 out of 30 with associated PR (30%) (33.3% in RA-associated PR patients). The prevalence of anti-CCP and AKA in the RA control group was 55% (not significantly different from the pure PR group) and 61.7% (with respect to pure PR patients, P=0.02), respectively. In the spondyloarthropathy group, the prevalence of anti-CCP and AKA was 2.5 and 3.8%, respectively (P<0.001 compared with pure PR patients). No significant clinical differences were observed between pure PR patients with and without CCP antibodies.
Conclusions. Anti-CCP and, to a lesser extent, AKA, were found in a high proportion of patients with PR, suggesting that this syndrome is an abortive form of RA. The predictive value of these antibodies in PR, as markers of progression to an established RA, remains uncertain.
KEY WORDS: Palindromic rheumatism, Anti-CCP antibodies, Antikeratin antibodies, AKA, Rheumatoid arthritis.
Correspondence to: R. Sanmarti, Hospital Clínic, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: sanmarti{at}clinic.ub.es
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