Hyposplenia in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
During the course of systemic lupus erythematosus in a young female patient the peripheral blood smear incidentally showed the features of hyposplenism. Silent lupus vasculitis with splenic infarction was suspected as the cause of this.
D000328:Adult; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013154:Spleen / Q000503:physiopathology*
D004247:DNA; D011241:Prednisone