[Systemic mixed connective tissue disease--Sharp's syndrome]. 2001

J Dragicevic, and V Drecun, and D Mitrovic, and Dj Jevtovic, and M Bukilica, and O Vucelja
Bezhanijska Kosa, Medical Centre, Belgrade.

Sharp's syndrome is a systemic mixed connective tissue disease that is defined with specific ribonucleoprotein antibody (U1RNP). The key diagnostic criterion is positive antinuclear antibodies in stain form. The disease is primarily localized on joints, muscles and skin; however, there are not widely used diagnostic criteria. There are USA, Mexican and Japanese diagnostic criteria. A 18-year-old male who fulfilled Sharp's diagnostic criteria is presented in the paper. In this patient the disease was manifested in pleura and pericardium. We wish to point out the importance of immunologic approach to the aetiology of pleural and pericardial inflammatory effusions in young patients, as well as the therapeutical dilemmas in the treatment of the disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008947 Mixed Connective Tissue Disease A syndrome with overlapping clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon. The disease is differentially characterized by high serum titers of antibodies to ribonuclease-sensitive extractable (saline soluble) nuclear antigen and a "speckled" epidermal nuclear staining pattern on direct immunofluorescence. Connective Tissue Disease, Mixed,Sharp Syndrome,MCTD,Syndrome, Sharp
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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