Severe immune thrombocytopenia in two patients with systemic sclerosis.
Immune thrombocytopenia
Rituximab
Splenectomy
Systemic sclerosis
Journal
Joint bone spine
ISSN: 1778-7254
Titre abrégé: Joint Bone Spine
Pays: France
ID NLM: 100938016
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
16
01
2023
revised:
15
02
2023
accepted:
03
03
2023
medline:
26
6
2023
pubmed:
19
3
2023
entrez:
18
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Thrombocytopenia in the context of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is rare. It should primarily raise the possibility of scleroderma renal crisis. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is another cause of low platelets that is common in systemic lupus erythematosus, but tremendously rare in patients with SSc. We herein report two cases of severe ITP in patients with SSc. The first case is a 29-year-old woman with very low platelet counts (2×10
Identifiants
pubmed: 36933783
pii: S1297-319X(23)00039-8
doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2023.105560
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
0
Rituximab
4F4X42SYQ6
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105560Informations de copyright
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