Gastric bleeding in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis complicated by immune thrombocytopenic purpura - 06/05/08
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Rheumatoid arthritis, in common with other systemic autoimmune diseases, can involve several other organs presenting with complex immunological manifestations. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura caused by an autoimmune reaction against platelets is an infrequent haematological complications. A female patient with rheumatoid arthritis rapidly developed extremely severe immune thrombocytopenic purpura upon suspending oral corticosteroid therapy. Besides the involvement of the mucosa of the coecum, ascending colon and the gastric antrum, the situation was further complicated by bleeding of a gastric polyp, at the nadir of the thrombocytopenic crisis. The bleeding was managed by endoscopic intervention and platelet count recovered upon high dose corticosteroid treatment within a couple of days.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Immune thrombocytopenic purpura, Rheumatoid arthritis, Gastrointestinal bleeding
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Vol 75 - N° 3
P. 350-352 - mai 2008 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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