Erythromelalgia Without Thrombocythemia
Authors: DONATO ALARCÓN-SEGOVIA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1985)

Letters and Corrections1 September 1985Erythromelalgia Without ThrombocythemiaDONATO ALARCÓN-SEGOVIA, M.D.DONATO ALARCÓN-SEGOVIA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-103-3-473_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Michiels and coworkers (1) incur a post hoc, ergo propter hoc error in their otherwise interesting study on erythromelalgia. First, they study only patients with erythromelalgia related to thrombocythemia; second, they practically consider as a sine qua non the long-acting effect of aspirin for the diagnosis of erythromelalgia and attribute it to the effect of aspirin on platelet aggregation and prostaglandin synthesis; and third, they discount other causes of erythromelalgia because their patients neither have thrombocythemia nor, according to the authors, respond to aspirin.Besides this faulty logic, the authors concede in their introduction, but negate in their...References1. MICHIELSABELSSTEKETEEVAN VILETVUSEVSKI JJJHV. Erythromelalgia caused by platelet-mediated arteriolar inflammation and thrombosis in thrombocythemia. Ann Intern Med. 1985;102:466-71. LinkGoogle Scholar2. ALARCÓN-SEGOVIABABBFAIRBAIRNHAGEDORN DRJA. Erythermalgia: a clue to the early diagnosis of myeloproliferative disorders. Arch Intern Med. 1966;117:511-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BABBALARCÓN-SEGOVIAFAIRBAIRN RDJ. Erythermalgia: review of 51 cases. Circulation. 1964;29:136-41. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. ALARCÓN-SEGOVIABABBFAIRBAIRN RJ. Systemic lupus erythematosus with erythermalgia. Arch Intern Med. 1963;112:688-92. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. ALARCÓN-SEGOVIADÍAZ-JOUANEN DE. Erythermalgia in systemic lupus erythematosus. Am J Med Sci. 1973;266:149-51. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. MICHIELSABELSSTEKETEEVAN VLIETVUZEVSKI JJJHV. Erythromelalgia caused by platelet-mediated arteriolar inflammation and thrombosis in thrombocythemia. Ann Intern Med. 1985;102:466-71. LinkGoogle Scholar2. MICHIELSTEN KATEVUZEVSKIABELS JFVJ. Histopathology of erythromelalgia in thrombocythemia. Histopathology. 1984;8:699-78. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MICHIELSLINDEMANSVAN VLIETABELS JJHJ. Survival kinetics of platelets and fibrinogen in thrombocythemia related to erythromelalgia. Br J Haematol. 1982;50:691. Google Scholar4. ALARCÓN-SEGOVIADIAZ-JOUANEN DE. Erythromelalgia in systemic lupus erythematosus. Am J Med. 1973;266:149-51. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 14000 México, D.F. Mexico PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByCLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF ERYTHROMELALGIA AND ERYTHERMALGIAERYTHROMELALGIA AND ERYTHERMALGIA: DIAGNOSTIC DIFEERENTIATIONERYTHROMELALGIA AND ERYTHERMALGIA: LUMPERS AND SPLITTERSThrombocythemic Erythromelalgia, Primary Erythermalgia, and Secondary Erythermalgia: Three Distinct Clinicopathologic EntitiesErythromelalgia: Review of clinical characteristics and pathophysiologyErythromelalgia*Idiopathic erythermalgia: A congenital disorder 1 September 1985Volume 103, Issue 3Page: 473-473KeywordsAspirinPlatelet aggregationProstaglandinThrombocytosis Issue Published: 1 September 1985 PDF DownloadLoading ...