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20808168

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
In years past, there was concern that splenectomy could lead to dissemination of occult systemic lupus erythematosus. Clinical studies subsequently effectively refuted that concept. However, there remains uncertainty regarding the role of the spleen in autoimmune diseases and the effect of splenectomy on their course. We present a case of a 56-year-old woman with autoimmune hepatitis and rheumatoid arthritis, without clinical or serologic features of lupus, who developed glomerulonephritis and antiphospholipid syndrome subsequent to an elective splenectomy. Literature review was performed to identify examples of the effect of splenectomy on other autoimmune diseases. Splenectomy has been linked with the development of new autoimmune phenomenon, alterations in the clinical course of patients with prior autoimmune disease, such as in our patient, and in a progressive redistribution of memory B cells that may influence autoimmune disease activity and may have been involved in the alteration in our patient's clinical course.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1536-7355
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
280-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Evolving connective tissue disease influenced by splenectomy: beneath the sword of Dameshek.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports