Multi-Organ Failure Secondary to Catastrophic Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome

Catastrophic anti-phospholipid syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O157 infection.

Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre de Référence des Pathologies Neuromusculaires Paris Est, Institut de Myologie and Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France Accepted 11 May 2009 Correspondence to: Olivier Benveniste, Service de Médecine Interne 1, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, Fra...

multi-organ failure due to paraquat poisoning

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Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Secondary Syphilis

events, recurrent episodes of fetal loss, and moderate throm bocytopenia in association with the presence of antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies. Analysis of the precipitating factors of CAPS shows that the most remarkable factor is infection, occurring at a rate of 26% (Table 1).1,3 The infections most associated with CAPS are respiratory, followed by cutaneous (Table 2).1 The discovery of aPL a...

Multi-Organ Failure due to Paraquat Poisoning: Case Report and Review of Literature

Growth failure secondary to moyamoya syndrome.

We describe a boy who presented at the age of 7 years with short stature due to hypopituitarism. Six months after starting appropriate hormone replacement treatment at the age of 8 he suffered his first generalised convulsion. Further neuroradiological investigation led to the diagnosis of moyamoya syndrome.