A Rare Case Report on ANA Negative SLE with Lupus Nephritis with B/L Lower Lobe Bronchiectasis

Author(s): G. Sarah Marlyn*, Neelam Injeti and Safura Tasneem

Abstract: Systemic Lupus Erythromatous (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the healthy tissues or organ by mistake and is characterized by various autoantibodies to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. It can affect any part/organ (s) of the body and can detiorate their normal functioning. SLE is confirmed by an anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) test. The presence of ANA antibodies is usually the decisive indication of SLE, but sometimes in a few subset of population, ANA negative results yield the presence of SLE, which is the condition in this patient.

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