从床旁到分子诊断——一例以皮肤硬肿、肢体无力为表现的罕见自身炎症性疾病的多学科诊疗

From Bedside to Molecular Diagnosis-Multidisciplinary Treatment of a Rare Case of Autoinflammatory Disease Presenting with Skin Induration and Limb Weakness

  • 摘要: 本文报道一例以撞击后皮肤硬肿为首发表现,后逐渐出现肢体无力的罕见自身炎症性疾病病例,患者为中年女性,因撞击后出现皮肤硬肿,逐渐发展为肢体无力、言语不清、双侧面瘫,同时伴下肢网状青斑、四肢皮肤硬肿及右上肢皮下串珠样结节;患者自幼易感染,并有网状青斑。皮肤病理检查示脂膜炎表现,完善特殊感染、自身免疫性疾病等病因全面筛查,结果均未见异常;全外显子组测序亦无异常。经多学科共同讨论,结合RNA测序结果,诊断为自身炎症性疾病(考虑Ⅰ型干扰素病可能)。予托法替布治疗后,患者症状逐渐改善。该病例体现了详细病史采集、系统体格检查及多学科协作诊疗的重要性,同时凸显了分子诊断在罕见病确诊中的关键作用,可为同类罕见病例的临床诊疗提供参考。

     

    Abstract: This article reports a rare case of autoinflammatory disease presenting initially with skin induration and swelling after trauma as the initial manifestation, followed by progressive limb weakness. The patient was a middle-aged female who developed skin induration and swelling after trauma, which gradually progressed to limb weakness, dysarthria and bilateral facial paralysis, accompanied by livedo reticularis of the lower extremities, diffuse skin induration of the limbs, and beaded subcutaneous nodules in the right upper limb. The patient had a susceptibility to infection since childhood and a history of chronic livedo reticularis. Skin pathological examination revealed panniculitis. A comprehensive etiological screening for special infections and autoimmune diseases was completed with an unremarkable results, and whole-exome sequencing showed no abnormal findings. Following a multidisciplinary discussion combined with RNA sequencing results, the patient was diagnosed with an autoinflammatory disease, with a suspected type Ⅰ interferonopathy. Treatment with tofacitinib resulted in gradual improvement of clinical symptoms. This case highlights the importance of detailed medical history collection, systematic physical examination and multidisciplinary collaborative diagnosis and treatment, and underscores the pivotal role of molecular diagnosis in the confirmation of rare diseases. It can provide a reference for the clinical diagnosis and management of similar rare cases.

     

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