Research Article

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Hereditary Coproporphyria: Two Different Entities Diagnosed by WES in the Same Patient

Table 1

Main data from 15 reported cases of the coexistence of AHP and SLE.

CaseAuthor referenceSexAgeDisease sequenceLapsed timeANA titeraPLLupus nephritisSLE treatmentFamily history AHPsGenetic test

1Wolfram [29]F30SLE→AIP4 monthsUUUNRUU
2Marsden [11]F57SLE→AIP2 daysUUUChloroquineUU
3Passaron et al. [12]F13SLE→AIP2 yearsUUUChloroquineUU
4Filiotou et al. [8]F31SLE→AIP1 yearUUUBarbituratesUU
5Quilichini and Guerder [30]F22SLE→AIP6 yearsUUUSteroids, analgesicsUU
5Vittori and Desaegher [31]F22SLE→AIP6 yearsUUUSteroids, analgesicsUU
6Rosemarin et al. [32]F39SLE→AIP2 years1/640UPresentSteroids, phenobarbital, and propranololAbsentU
7Allard and Scott [33]F47SLE→AIP15 yearsNRaCL+PresentSteroidsAbsentU
8Andersson and Lithner [15]F37AIP→SLENRNR (positive)NRPresentNRNRU
9Alioua et al. [10]F24SLE→HCP6 months1/80NRNRSteroidsPresentU
10Filiotou et al. [8]F43AIP → SLE20 years1/640NRAbsentThalidomidePresentU
11Korkmaz [9]F31SLE→HCP5 years1/80NRNRSteroids, methotrexateUU
12Bharati et al. [14]M49AIP→SLE2 years1/160NRNRSteroids, MMFPresentDNA sequencing of intron 14 of the HMBS: IVS14+1G→T
13Patil et al. [13]UUSLE→AIPNRNRNRNRNRUU
14Esteve-Valverde et al. [7]M51SLE→AIP10 days1/1280IgG-ab2GPI+AbsentSteroids, HCQ, and azathioprineAbsentU
15Present case (2020)F30SLE→HCP6 years1/640 (SLE)
1/160 (HCP)
NegativeAbsentSteroids, HCQAbsentWES: a splicing mutation of CPOX: c.700+2 T > C (intron 2)

Modified from Esteve-Valverde et al. [7]. AHPs: acute hepatic porphyrias; AIP: acute intermittent porphyria; ANA: antinuclear antibodies; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; HCP: hereditary coproporphyria; aPL: antiphospholipid antibodies; aCL: anticardiolipin; IgG-ab2GPI: IgG antiβ2-GPI; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; HCQ: hydroxychloroquine; HMBS: hydroxymethylbilane synthase gene; WES: whole exome sequencing; CPOX: coproporphyrinogen III oxidase gene; NR: not referred; U: unknown. aSame patient.