Successful treatment of pure red cell aplasia in systemic lupus erythematosus with cyclosporin A

Fabiola Atzeni; P. Sarzi-Puttini; F. Capsoni; L. Vulpio; M. Carrabba

Successful treatment of pure red cell aplasia in systemic lupus erythematosus with cyclosporin A

Fabiola Atzeni, P. Sarzi-Puttini, F. Capsoni, L. Vulpio, M. Carrabba

IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

We report a patient with longstanding systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). This condition is rare in connective tissue diseases and is reported in 32 previous cases of SLE in literature. Our patient recovered, apparently in response to treatment with high dosage of corticosteroids, but relapse occurred when the prednisone dosage was tapered down to 10 mg/day. The patient was successfully treated with cyclosporin A with no recurrence of the disease in the last 2 years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	759-762
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Volume	21
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - Nov 2003

Keywords

Cyclosporin A
Pure red cell aplasia
SLE

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Rheumatology
Immunology

Cite this

@article{17e1f156deae4cf495715919e2d373ea,

title = "Successful treatment of pure red cell aplasia in systemic lupus erythematosus with cyclosporin A",

abstract = "We report a patient with longstanding systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). This condition is rare in connective tissue diseases and is reported in 32 previous cases of SLE in literature. Our patient recovered, apparently in response to treatment with high dosage of corticosteroids, but relapse occurred when the prednisone dosage was tapered down to 10 mg/day. The patient was successfully treated with cyclosporin A with no recurrence of the disease in the last 2 years.",

keywords = "Cyclosporin A, Pure red cell aplasia, SLE",

author = "Fabiola Atzeni and P. Sarzi-Puttini and F. Capsoni and L. Vulpio and M. Carrabba",

year = "2003",

month = nov,

language = "English",

volume = "21",

pages = "759--762",

journal = "Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology",

issn = "0392-856X",

publisher = "Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology S.A.S.",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Successful treatment of pure red cell aplasia in systemic lupus erythematosus with cyclosporin A

AU - Atzeni, Fabiola

AU - Sarzi-Puttini, P.

AU - Capsoni, F.

AU - Vulpio, L.

AU - Carrabba, M.

PY - 2003/11

Y1 - 2003/11

N2 - We report a patient with longstanding systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). This condition is rare in connective tissue diseases and is reported in 32 previous cases of SLE in literature. Our patient recovered, apparently in response to treatment with high dosage of corticosteroids, but relapse occurred when the prednisone dosage was tapered down to 10 mg/day. The patient was successfully treated with cyclosporin A with no recurrence of the disease in the last 2 years.

AB - We report a patient with longstanding systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). This condition is rare in connective tissue diseases and is reported in 32 previous cases of SLE in literature. Our patient recovered, apparently in response to treatment with high dosage of corticosteroids, but relapse occurred when the prednisone dosage was tapered down to 10 mg/day. The patient was successfully treated with cyclosporin A with no recurrence of the disease in the last 2 years.

KW - Cyclosporin A

KW - Pure red cell aplasia

KW - SLE

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0346888581&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0346888581&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

C2 - 14740456

AN - SCOPUS:0346888581

VL - 21

SP - 759

EP - 762

JO - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

JF - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

SN - 0392-856X

IS - 6

ER -

Successful treatment of pure red cell aplasia in systemic lupus erythematosus with cyclosporin A

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this