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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2011

A patient with high-titer antinuclear antibodies died from progressing renal impairment. Autopsy revealed mesangi-oproliferative glomerulonephritis and abacterial polypous endocarditis. There was periarterial bulbar sclerosis in spleen and productive proliferative vasculitis in skin. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Dermatomyositis
  2. Periarteritis nodosa
  3. Rheumatism
  4. Nephrotic syndrome
  5. Systemic lupus erythematosus
Correct answer

Systemic lupus erythematosus

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