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Hypergammaglobulinemic purpura in two sisters with Sjogren’s syndrome responding to colchicine treatment

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Purpura is the hallmark of hypergammaglobulinemic purpura (HP). It appears mainly after strenuous activity in the dependent areas of the body. Treatment is mostly symptomatic. Here we report two sisters with Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) and HP who had a remarkable response to colchicine treatment.

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Abbreviations

HP:

Hypergammaglobulinemic purpura

RF:

Rheumatoid factor

SS:

Sjogren’s syndrome

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  1. Department of Medicine B, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel

    George S. Habib

  2. Department of Pathology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel

    Munir Nashashibi

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Habib, G.S., Nashashibi, M. Hypergammaglobulinemic purpura in two sisters with Sjogren’s syndrome responding to colchicine treatment. Clin Rheumatol 23, 170–171 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-003-0852-9

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