title: Digital vasculitis after splenectomy in a patient with Felty's syndrome.
abstract: The case is reported of a man with Felty's syndrome in whom digital cutaneous vasculitis developed after a splenectomy. This may be a coincidental occurrence but a possible mechanism is suggested by which the splenectomy may have modified the immunopathology of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Comer
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bucknall
mesh_terms: D005258:Felty Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000276:immunology*; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000032:analysis; D013156:Splenectomy; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor