Lupus anticoagulant and leg ulcers associated with ankylosing spondylitis.
We describe a 60-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), hospitalized for leg ulcers. Laboratory investigations revealed the presence of the lupus anticoagulant. We found no such an association by a computer assisted search of the literature published from 1975 to 1989. The relationship between the AS, the lupus anticoagulant and leg ulcers is discussed.
Blanchard
B
B
Department of Hypertension, Vascular Medicine and Internal Medicine, Saint-Joseph Hospital, Paris, France.
Lazareth
I
I
Brossel
C
C
Saporta
L
L
Letanoux
M
M
Priollet
P
P
D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism
D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor