[Crural amputation in the course of systemic lupus erythematosis].

A case is presented of a 22-year-old woman in whom, in the course of unrecognised systemic lupus erythematosus, spontaneous abortion, thrombosis of the femoral artery, and inflammatory changes of the crural vessels developed. The administered treatment with steroids failed to prevent crural amputation.

[Vascular complications in systemic lupus erythematosus].

A 41-year-old woman is reported who had been observed and treated for 15 years for arterial and venous thrombotic episodes and in whom only in the 9th year of the disease systemic lupus erythematosus was diagnosed. During these 9 years the case was not meeting the diagnostic criteria of this disease. The possibility of transition of inactive collagen disease manifesting itself as thrombo-obliterative vasculitis into its active form is discussed.