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Rheumatology • Systemic lupus erythematosus
Do you escalate treatment for reactive lymphadenopathy in an otherwise stable and asymptomatic patient with lupus?
(assuming that the malignancy evaluation has been completed and the lymphadenopathy is confirmed to be reactive)
Answer from: at Community Practice
With today's medical evidence, I do not treat my patients' lymphadenopathy (LAD) alone.
However, lupus-reactive LAD tends to occur with active disease. I am a big believer in the treatment goal of "remission (without steroids); if remission is unachievable, then low disease activity using the safes...
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