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Explain of Inflammation

5. Exudation of fibrin, microscopic

This is the so-called "speckled" pattern of staining which is more characteristic of the presence of autoantibodies to extractable nuclear antigens, particularly ribonucleoprotein. This pattern is not very specific, but may be seen with an entity called "mixed connective tissue disease" which is a mix between SLE, scleroderma, and polymyositis, but without serious renal or pulmonary disease. The autoimmune diseases are very hard to classify, even for the experts.

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