THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA ASSOCIATED WITH DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND RENAL GLOMERULAR CHANGES

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Case Reports1 July 1941THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA ASSOCIATED WITH DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND RENAL GLOMERULAR CHANGESMORTON H. EDELMAN, M.D.MORTON H. EDELMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-1-116 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of thrombocytopenia associated with lupus erythematosus has been referred to by Templeton,1Lyon,2Baehr, Klemperer and Schifrin,3Ginzler and Fox,4Keil,5and others. However, it had been previously observed by Libman and Sachs6in the second of the four cases, which they reported in 1924 and which for want of a better name, they called atypical verrucous endocarditis. Up to the present thrombocytopenia and the accompanying thrombocytopenic purpura have been considered by many one of the visceral or systemic manifestations of the disseminated form of lupus erythematosus. Further, the chronic fixed variety of lupus erythematosus has been considered...Bibliography1. TEMPLETON HJ: Thrombopenia in acute disseminated lupus erythematosus, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1934, xxix, 700-702. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LYON JM: Acute lupus erythematosus, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1933, xlv, 572-583. Google Scholar3. BAEHRKLEMPERERSCHIFRIN GPA: A diffuse disease of the peripheral circulation usually associated with lupus erythematosus and endocarditis, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1935, l, 139-155. Google Scholar4. GINZLERFOX AMII: Disseminated lupus erythematosus, cutaneous manifestation of a systemic disease (Libman-Sachs), report of a case, Arch. Int. Med., 1940, lxv, 26-50. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KEIL H: Relation between "systemic" lupus erythematosus and a peculiar form of thrombocytopenic purpura, Brit. Jr. Dermat., 1937, xliv, 221-237. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LIBMANSACHS EB: A hitherto undescribed form of valvular and mural endocarditis, Arch. Int. Med., 1924, xxxiii, 701-737. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. STICKNEYKEITH JMNM: Renal involvement in disseminated lupus erythematosus, Arch. Int. Med., 1940, lxvi, 643-660. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 27, 1941.From the Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, Service of Dr. E. L. Shlevin. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe heart in systemic lupus erythematosusTHE NATURAL HISTORY OF LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND ITS MODIFICATION BY CORTISONE AND CORTICOTROPHIN (A.C.T.H.) 1 July 1941Volume 15, Issue 1Page: 116-123KeywordsEndocarditisHospital medicineLupus erythematosus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...