Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19

Thrombocytopenia and hypercoagulopathy are haematological abnormalities commonly seen in individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The difficulty arises when the patient has both diseases concurrently. The clinician should be able to comprehend the...

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Autores principales: Yeremia Suryo Pratama, Riska Pradiptakirana, Azkia Rachmah, Nurhasan Agung Prabowo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ba8a4e5e24a140028f789d9e9c797ed12021-11-09T11:22:41ZAutoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-192284-259410.12890/2021_002863https://doaj.org/article/ba8a4e5e24a140028f789d9e9c797ed12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2863https://doaj.org/toc/2284-2594Thrombocytopenia and hypercoagulopathy are haematological abnormalities commonly seen in individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The difficulty arises when the patient has both diseases concurrently. The clinician should be able to comprehend the pathophysiology of these patient abnormalities in order to provide the best treatment possible. We present a case of a 20-year-old female COVID-19 patient with a history of SLE who had thrombocytopenia but normal D-dimer results. Our analysis revealed that the thrombocytopenia may have been caused by a relapse of lupus, not by COVID-19 infection. In this case, glucocorticoids were the primary therapy and produced excellent results.Yeremia Suryo PratamaRiska PradiptakiranaAzkia RachmahNurhasan Agung PrabowoSMC MEDIA SRLarticlecovid-19hypercoagulopathyslethrombocytopeniaMedicineRENEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic covid-19
hypercoagulopathy
sle
thrombocytopenia
Medicine
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spellingShingle covid-19
hypercoagulopathy
sle
thrombocytopenia
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Yeremia Suryo Pratama
Riska Pradiptakirana
Azkia Rachmah
Nurhasan Agung Prabowo
Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19
description Thrombocytopenia and hypercoagulopathy are haematological abnormalities commonly seen in individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The difficulty arises when the patient has both diseases concurrently. The clinician should be able to comprehend the pathophysiology of these patient abnormalities in order to provide the best treatment possible. We present a case of a 20-year-old female COVID-19 patient with a history of SLE who had thrombocytopenia but normal D-dimer results. Our analysis revealed that the thrombocytopenia may have been caused by a relapse of lupus, not by COVID-19 infection. In this case, glucocorticoids were the primary therapy and produced excellent results.
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author Yeremia Suryo Pratama
Riska Pradiptakirana
Azkia Rachmah
Nurhasan Agung Prabowo
author_facet Yeremia Suryo Pratama
Riska Pradiptakirana
Azkia Rachmah
Nurhasan Agung Prabowo
author_sort Yeremia Suryo Pratama
title Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19
title_short Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19
title_full Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19
title_fullStr Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia in SLE and COVID-19
title_sort autoimmune thrombocytopenia in sle and covid-19
publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/ba8a4e5e24a140028f789d9e9c797ed1
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