A 31-year-old woman with painful black palms: Thrombosis or vasculitis?

Both of vaso-occlusive incidence of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) or vasculitis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can lead to gangrene, which requiring the urgent and appropriate therapeutic approach. However, it is sometimes difficult to achieve the differential diagnosis, especiall...

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Published inRheumatology and immunology research Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 203 - 205
Main Authors Peng, Linyi, Fei, Yunyun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Sciendo 01.09.2021
De Gruyter Poland
Subjects
Anemia
Antibodies
Anticoagulants
antiphospholipid syndrome syndrome (APS)
Arthritis
Ascites
Autoimmune diseases
Biopsy
Case Report
Conflicts of interest
Dehydrogenases
Emergency medical care
Gangrene
Glycoproteins
Lupus
Patients
Proteins
Stroke
systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombosis
treatment
vasculitis
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Summary:Both of vaso-occlusive incidence of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) or vasculitis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can lead to gangrene, which requiring the urgent and appropriate therapeutic approach. However, it is sometimes difficult to achieve the differential diagnosis, especially when a tissue biopsy is difficult to obtain or is clinically contraindicated. Herein we report and discuss such a female patient who suffered rare progressive gangrene of palm skin and successfully treated with aggressive anticoagulation and immunosuppressive therapy.
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ISSN:2719-4523
2719-4523
DOI:10.2478/rir-2021-0026