This is a case of a 28-year-old female presented with an extensive cutaneous gangrene of her fingers and toes with history of a livedo reticularis rash in both lower limbs. Her work-up showed positive serology for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). There were no other symptoms suggestive of SLE. Interestingly, the patient adequately responded to rituximab therapy. Such a case of digital gangrene as the initial presentation of SLE without secondary antiphospholipid syndrome has rarely been reported in the literature.
Alghamdi, M. (2015). DIGITAL GANGRENE AS THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITHOUT SECONDARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: CASE REPORT. Zagazig University Medical Journal, 21(3), 1-4. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2015.4519
MLA
Mushabab Alghamdi. "DIGITAL GANGRENE AS THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITHOUT SECONDARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: CASE REPORT". Zagazig University Medical Journal, 21, 3, 2015, 1-4. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2015.4519
HARVARD
Alghamdi, M. (2015). 'DIGITAL GANGRENE AS THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITHOUT SECONDARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: CASE REPORT', Zagazig University Medical Journal, 21(3), pp. 1-4. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2015.4519
VANCOUVER
Alghamdi, M. DIGITAL GANGRENE AS THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITHOUT SECONDARY ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME: CASE REPORT. Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2015; 21(3): 1-4. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2015.4519
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