Systemic lupus erythematosus associated with mixed cryoglobulinaemia and circulating anticoagulant
Shoenfeld, Y.; Pick, A.I.; Gura, V.; Frohlichman, R.; Pinkhas, J.
South African Medical Journal 54(25): 1056-1058
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 746455 Document Number: 136535
We describe a 30-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), in whom the only evidence of the disease, during the 10 years before diagnosis was established, was an accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and a positive Wassermann test. Her disease was characterized by the presence of an anticoagulant without indication of bleeding, mixed cryoglobulinaemia, steroid-resistant renal damage, and persistent false-positive tests for syphilis. The relationship between these results and the presence of anticoagulant, mixed cryoglobulinaemia and renal damage in patients with SLE are discussed.