FULMINANT THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
JORFEN M CALLEJAS JL FORMIGA F CERVERA R FONT J INGELMO M
Citation
M. Jorfen et al., FULMINANT THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Scandinavian journal of rheumatology, 27(1), 1998, pp. 76-77
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009742
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
76 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9742(1998)27:1<76:FTTPIS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We describe two cases of fulminant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in unusual association in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pa tients. Ln our two SLE patients the exceptionally rapid fatal course o f TTP made any therapeutic intervention impossible.