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A case of lupus erythematosis is described, unusual because severe thrombosis occurred before diagnosis of the lupus symptoms and because the patient recovered after stopping oral contraception. The 24-year-old woman had been taking combined pills (2.5 mg lynestrenol and .075 mg mestranol) for 1 year. She experienced chest, foot, and calf pain and stopped working, then sought emergency hospitalization 3 weeks later for intense dyspnea and pain in both legs. She had no femoral pulse, and a clot was removed from the right femoral artery; 2 more clots were found in the pulmonary vessels and the aorta. She was treated with heparin (Calciparine sc) for 6 weeks. A few days after stopping anticoagulants, she was hospitalized again with right chest pain, anemia, swollen glands, but no skin lesions or lupus cells. Endos copy revealed lupus erythematosis lesions on the liver and spleen. She also had elevated IgG, IgM, alpha-glucoproteins, and an antinuclear antibody titer of 1/500. A 3-month pregnancy ended in spontaneous abortion when anticoagulants were supplemented with strong corticoids (60 mg/day prednisone). 1 month later she was fully recovered. The oral contraceptive may have precipitated the lupus, since it regressed after stopping and was aggravated again by pregnancy.
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PMID:[Thrombosing disease in the course of a lupic syndrome revealed by an estroprogestational agent]. 515 Mar 17

This is a report of a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) undergoing laparoscopic colon surgery. Preoperative examination showed pancytopenia, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and slight renal function disorder. Heparin calcium was used to prevent venous thrombosis, because this case had several risk factors; advanced age, major surgery for cancer, PNH and long term medication with steroid. Washed red blood cells were transfused preoperatively. During the operation, total intravenous anesthesia was used. We prevented acidosis and other factors of thrombosis, and transfused washed red blood cells to correct anemia. During the postoperative course, red blood cells transfusion was required, but this case showed no obvious hemolysis, bleeding or venous thrombosis.
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PMID:[Anesthetic management of laparoscopic colon surgery in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria]. 2180 Jun 72

A 41-year-old female patient with no remarkable medical history underwent a uterine myomectomy under general anesthesia. Ultrasound-guided lateral TAP block was performed using a 21-gauge blunt needle after surgery. Heparin calcium at 5,000 units was administered subcutaneously twice on postopera- tive day (POD)Y 1, and fondaparinux at 2.5 mg was administered subcutaneously once daily from POD 2 to POD 5. On POD 3, right-sided flank pain was noticed, which persisted until POD 7. Abdominal ultrasonogra- phy revealed an abdominal oblique muscle hematoma with a size of 43x19x31 mm. The patient had no anemia, and was discharged on POD 8. Right-sided flank pain disappeared, and the hematoma could not be identified by ultrasonography on POD 20.
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PMID:[Abdominal Oblique Muscle Hematoma after Ultrasound-guided Transverse Abdominis Plane Block]. 3037 70