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ARP Rheumatology
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Anticentromere antibody positive Ackerman’s Syndrome with Granulomatous Anterior Uveitis
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Ackerman’s Syndrome or Intersticial Granulomatous Dermatitis with Arthritis has been an issue of increasing number of reports in the last decade which had focused its heterogeneous cutaneous and rheumatologic expression besides the initial manifestations reported by Ackerman and his group. Granulomatosis anterior uveitis has not been previously described. Some patients are reported to have positive autoantibodies but association with anticentromere antibodies has not been previously described as well, to our knowledge. We report a new case of Ackerman Syndrome with cutaneous, articular and ocular involvement with positive anticentromere antibodies successfully treated with systemic steroids, methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine and cyclosporine. The ocular involvement and the association of anticentromere antibodies lead us to hypothesize that constellation of symptoms and autoimmune mechanisms of this uncommon multisystemic syndrome are yet to be clarified.
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2017-06-12
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Susana Fernandes, Vera Las, Joana Borges, Cândida Silva, Augusto Faustino. Anticentromere antibody positive Ackerman’s Syndrome with Granulomatous Anterior Uveitis. ARP, nº3, Jul/Set 2017:277-278. PMID: 28605750
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