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Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem disorder much more common in females than males due to the effect of the hormone estrogen. There are also specific differences in clinical presentation in men and women. We present a unique case of a 54-year-old middle-aged Asian male presenting with onl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062498 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10375 |
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author | Maitra, Somnath Roy, Sasmit Mukherjee, Aveek Naramala, Srikanth Bose, Subhasish |
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description | Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem disorder much more common in females than males due to the effect of the hormone estrogen. There are also specific differences in clinical presentation in men and women. We present a unique case of a 54-year-old middle-aged Asian male presenting with only generalized weakness without other systemic features and with only incidental finding of thrombocytopenia. Notable laboratory values were positive for antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), low complement 3 level with normal complement 4 levels, along with severe thrombocytopenia and mild anemia. The patient was eventually diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus based on these parameters. Bone marrow biopsy revealed an increased number of megakaryocytes without hypocellular or hypercellular marrow and no dysplasia of cell lines. He was initiated on oral prednisone, and his symptoms recovered remarkably with normalization of lab values upon discharge. The case's importance lies in the fact that the diagnosis of lupus can be missed in male patients with nonspecific clinical features due to certain differences in presentation from females. This diagnosis should be included in the workup of any thrombocytopenia. |
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spelling | pubmed-75500112020-10-13 Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male Maitra, Somnath Roy, Sasmit Mukherjee, Aveek Naramala, Srikanth Bose, Subhasish Cureus Internal Medicine Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem disorder much more common in females than males due to the effect of the hormone estrogen. There are also specific differences in clinical presentation in men and women. We present a unique case of a 54-year-old middle-aged Asian male presenting with only generalized weakness without other systemic features and with only incidental finding of thrombocytopenia. Notable laboratory values were positive for antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), low complement 3 level with normal complement 4 levels, along with severe thrombocytopenia and mild anemia. The patient was eventually diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus based on these parameters. Bone marrow biopsy revealed an increased number of megakaryocytes without hypocellular or hypercellular marrow and no dysplasia of cell lines. He was initiated on oral prednisone, and his symptoms recovered remarkably with normalization of lab values upon discharge. The case's importance lies in the fact that the diagnosis of lupus can be missed in male patients with nonspecific clinical features due to certain differences in presentation from females. This diagnosis should be included in the workup of any thrombocytopenia. Cureus 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7550011/ /pubmed/33062498 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10375 Text en Copyright © 2020, Maitra et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Maitra, Somnath Roy, Sasmit Mukherjee, Aveek Naramala, Srikanth Bose, Subhasish Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male |
title | Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male |
title_full | Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male |
title_fullStr | Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male |
title_full_unstemmed | Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male |
title_short | Thrombocytopenia: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Incidental Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Middle-Aged Asian Male |
title_sort | thrombocytopenia: a diagnostic dilemma and incidental detection of systemic lupus erythematosus in a middle-aged asian male |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062498 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10375 |
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