Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Splenic infarction is a rare pathology and is associated with systemic diseases. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an entity that occurs in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A case is described of a 32-year-old female patient admitted for fever and cervical lymphadenopathy, pancytopenia with hemolytic anemia and abdominal pain. Theabdominal tomography revealed splenic infarction. An emergency splenectomy was performed. Laboratory tests such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anticardiolipins and lupus anticoagulant were positive. He received prednisone and warfarin with good clinical progress one year afteroutpatient follow-up. This report highlights the importance of including splenic infarction due to APS secondary to SLE as a differential diagnosis of patients with acute abdominal pain and considering abdominal tomography and immunological markers as the diagnostic method of choice for this entity.
Source: Revista medica Rebagliati.
DOI: 10.70106/rmr.v4i3.43
Authors: Pedro Sotelo Jiménez, Mercy Fernández Meza, Rosa Morales Azcona, Jesús Gamarra Aguirre, César García Vergara, Diego Sueldo Espinoza
Institutions: EsSALUD, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins
Language: English
Subfield: Rheumatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4405668307