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MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
Vol.13 No.3 |
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura as an etiology
of thrombocytopenia in systemic lupus erythematosus: case report |
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| Yasuaki Hayashino1, Hiroyasu Ishimaru1, Kazuhiro
Hatta1 and Yosiaki Kohri1 |
(1) Department of Comprehensive Medical Care
and Management, Tenri Yorozu Hospital, 200 Mishima, Tenri, 632-8552,
Japan
(2) Present address: Department of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology,
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan |
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| Received: 17 January 2002 Accepted: 21 October
2002 |
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| Abstract |
| Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is
an unusual complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although
the reported association between SLE and TTP is increasing, a few
cases do improve without plasmatherapy. We report a case of TTP which
was successfully treated without plasmatherapy, which might be underestimated
as an etiology of thrombocytopenia in SLE. TTP should always be considered
as a concomitant disease when Coombs'' negative hemolytic anemia
or thrombocytopenia is seen in SLE patients. |
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| Key words |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) |
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