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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 52-54 |
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Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as macrophage activation syndrome in an adult male
Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal1, KM Mohammad Iqbal1, Pushpa Mahadevan2, S Neethu3
1 Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India
2 Department of Pathology, VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India
3 Department of Family Medicine, VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal
Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, VPS Lakeshore Hospital, NH-47 Byepass, Maradu, Nettoor PO, Kochi - 682 040, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/cmi.cmi_50_19
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Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare, life-threatening, hyperinflammatory state where there is a combination of fever with cytopenias, high ferritin, high aspartate transaminase, and high triglyceride levels. In adults, MAS infrequently occurs as a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE presenting as MAS is extremely rare in adults. We report a patient with MAS who presented with fever, rash, and high ferritin level (>2000).
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