Case Report

Autoreactive Antibodies Associated with Castleman Disease Triad

Table 1

Autoimmune and antibody testing.

AntibodySuggestive forBefore tumor removalAfter tumor removal

Anti-nuclear antibodiesNonspecificPositiveNegative
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptideRAPositivePositive
Anti-double-stranded DNASLEPositivePositive
AnticentromereScleroderma, CREST syndromeNegative
Anti-ribosome PSLENegative
ss-A/ROSS, SLE, RANegative
ss-B/laSS, SLE, RANegative
Anti-smooth muscleAutoimmune hepatitisNegative
Anti-protinase-3Autoimmune vasculitisNegative
Anti-myeloperoxidaseAutoimmune vasculitisNegative
Rheumatoid factorRANegative
Anti-ribonucleoproteinSLE, MCTDNegative
Anti-Scl70SclerodermaNegative
Anti-Jo1MyositisNegative
Sjogren’s IgGSSPositivePositive
Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgMAcute infectionPositive
Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgGClearance/chronic infectionPositivePositive
Chlamydia pneumoniae IgMAcute infectionNegative
Chlamydia pneumoniae IgGClearance/chronic infectionPositivePositive
HLA-B27B27-associated diseasesNegative
PNP panelBullous pemphigoid/pemphigus vulgarisPositive

RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SS, Sjogren’s syndrome; MCTD, mixed connective tissue disease; PNP, paraneoplastic pemphigus.