Pediatric Oncology

Systemic lupus erythematosus

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What is your approach to using medications that can cause bone marrow suppression in SLE patients who have persistent leukopenia?

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What is your approach to further work-up and management of neutropenia in patients with SLE/RA overlap?

For example, a patient with a bone marrow biopsy that shows normocellular bone marrow. Prior management with leflunomide and HCQ with neutropenia attr...

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Would you consider using DOACs in a young patient with SLE and Libman-Sacks endocarditis, who is negative for APS?

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How do you approach the use of low-dose aspirin for primary prevention in non-pregnant patients with SLE and positive aPL antibodies, without clinical criteria for APS?

Do you follow the 2019 EULAR Guidelines that SLE patients with asymptomatic, positive aPL should be on low-dose ASA?

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Is there a role for G-CSF treatment for SLE patients with persistent neutropenia?

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What is your threshold for pursuing bone marrow biopsy in a lupus patient with cytopenias?

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Papers discussed in this category

Rheumatol Int, 2019 Apr 30

Indications for bone marrow examinations in rheumatology.

Clin Exp Rheumatol, 2012 Sep 25

Indications for bone marrow examination in autoimmune disorders with concurrent haematologic alterations.

Wien Klin Wochenschr,

[Rationale for bone marrow examination in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases].

J Rheumatol, 2006 Jul 01

Therapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in systemic lupus erythematosus may be associated with severe flares.

Semin Arthritis Rheum,

Treatment of severe neutropenia due to Felty's syndrome or systemic lupus erythematosus with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.

Seminars in hematology, 2002-04

Chronic neutropenia associated with autoimmune disease.

Blood, 2002 Jan 01

Distinct bone marrow findings in T-cell granular lymphocytic leukemia revealed by paraffin section immunoperoxidase stains for CD8, TIA-1, and granzyme B.

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