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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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An uncommon clinical presentation of SLE
VG Nayana1, S Sai Manohar1, K Rahul1, KS Gangadhara Somayaji1, Prema Saldanha2
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Pathology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. V G Nayana
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yenepoya Medical College, Derelakkatte, Mangalore, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/amhs.amhs_89_20
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Cervical lymphadenopathy is a clinical feature of vast spectrum of diseases. It includes infections, malignancy, lymphoma, and connective tissue diseases. All cases need to be evaluated in detail with proper laboratory investigations and a tissue cytology/biopsy to unmask the etiology. Here, we present a young woman who was admitted for multiple painful neck swellings associated with fever for 3 months. She was primarily investigated to rule out infectious causes. The patient was evaluated in detail including blood investigations and biopsy and finally turned out to be systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated lymphadenopathy. This case shows that painful neck nodes can be a presenting feature of SLE and needs to be considered as one of the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with lymphadenopathy along with constitutional symptoms.
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