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HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME SECONDARY TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Author(s) -
BACH L. A.,
BUCHANAN R. R. C.,
SCARLETT J. D.,
FRASER K. J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00341.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperviscosity , hyperviscosity syndrome , rheumatoid arthritis , coagulation , blood viscosity , immunology , multiple myeloma
A woman with longstanding seropositive rheumatoid arthritis presented with the insidious onset of a hyperviscosity syndrome. This responded to plasma exchange and corticosteroids. Plasma exchange was complicated by severe bleeding which was associated with disturbances of coagulation and of platelet function related to the marked increase in plasma immunoglobulins.