Haematological Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus at a Tertiary Rheumatology Clinic
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Abstract:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic systemic autoimmune disease with variable multisystem involvement and heterogeneous clinical features. Haematological abnormalities were common findings in patients with SLE. Sometimes, haematological abnormalities can be caused by the pathophysiology of SLE itself, but at other times the anaemia may not be directly related to the SLE. This retrospective study included patients who were diagnosed according to the American college of rheumatology criteria and treated for SLE from April 2015 to March 2018 at OlabisiOnabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. The Demographic and haematological parameters at diagnosis were recorded. A total of 26 SLE patients were seen. All the cases were females and the mean age was 33.3± 8.9 years. Twenty-two (84.6%) had haematological abnormalities. Anaemia was present in 20 (76.9%) patientswith a mean hemoglobin value of 8.6 mg/dl at the time of first presentation. Leukopenia was seen in 6 (23.1%), lymphopenia in 17 (65.4%), thrombocytopenia in 8 (30.8%) and 2 (7.7%) patients presented with anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. The most common hematological abnormality among our patients was anemia which has a multifactorial aetiology. Lymphopenia was far more common than leucopenia. Keywords: Rheumatology, SLE, Haematology, Anaemia, multi-factorial.
Authors and Affiliations
Segun Akintayo Oguntona
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