Isolated Splenic Infarction in a Girl with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Author:
Kyung Ran PARK
1
;
Hee Eun LEE
;
Yun Ae JEON
;
Il Soo HA
;
Hae Il CHEONG
;
Joong Gon KIM
;
Yong CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Splenic infarction;
Pediatric SLE;
Antiphospholipid syndrome
- MeSH:
Antiphospholipid Syndrome;
Atrial Fibrillation;
Cerebral Veins;
Female*;
Hemoglobinopathies;
Humans;
Infarction;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*;
Rare Diseases;
Splenic Infarction*;
Thrombosis;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1996;39(4):562-566
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Splenic infarction is a rare disease and usually detected as a complication of SBE, atrial fibrillation, hemoglobinopathy, or myeloproliperative disorders. Although thrombotic event, such as deep vein, cerebral or renal thrombosis, is a frequent complication of SLE, there have been only a couple of cases documenting splenic infarction complicated in SLE. This is, to our knowledge, the first case report describing isolated splenic infarction in pediatric SLE. The splenic infarction was diagnosed on abdominal CT, 99mTc-RBC splenic scan, and abdominal USG, and resolved with anticoagulant therapy. And we discussed about the possibility of antiphospholipid syndrome as a cause of the infarction in this case.
