Azathioprine Treatment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Double Edged Sword
| Autor: | Jia XIA, Xiao SU, Wei-wei CHEN, Li-qun HE |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Low dosage Erythema business.industry Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate Blood count Azathioprine General Medicine medicine.disease Dermatology Pancytopenia immune system diseases Immunology medicine medicine.symptom skin and connective tissue diseases business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia. 14 |
| ISSN: | 2735-2285 1823-4631 |
| DOI: | 10.31436/imjm.v14i2.424 |
| Popis: | Extremely severe pancytopenia induced by low dosage of azathioprine in systemic lupus erythematosus patients is rare. A 40-year-old Chinese female was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. She suffered worse erythema, oral ulceration, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate and high anti-dsDNA in August 2013. Then she was initiated on oral azathioprine 50mg/d and extremely severe pancytopenia was seen in September 2013. She was recovered by a series of treatments. Regular monitoring of blood counts is highly recommended to reduce the possible serious myelosuppression induced by azathioprine. |
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