Pulmonary Thrombosis with Transient Antiphospholipid Syndrome after Mononucleosis-like Illness

Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting with Superior Vena Cava Thrombosis

Diffuse microvascular pulmonary thrombosis associated with primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Thromboembolism is a well-known complication of the hypercoagulable state associated with antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies. Acute respiratory failure (ARF) with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates has been reported in only a few patients with aPL antibodies. We describe a 49 year old patient with spiking fever, livedo reticularis, mild haemoptysis and ARF. Chest radiography revealed diffuse bilatera...

Outcomes of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome after pulmonary endarterectomy.

OBJECTIVES Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a risk factor for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, for which the treatment of choice is pulmonary endarterectomy. The increased risk of postoperative thrombotic complications in patients with APS may complicate the perioperative management. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the impact of APS on mortality and morbid...

Pulmonary infarctions due to bilateral pulmonary arterial thrombosis in a lupus patient with antiphospholipid syndrome.

A Case of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Refractory to Secondary Anticoagulating Prophylaxis after Deep Vein Thrombosis-Pulmonary Embolism

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by a combination of clinical criteria, including vascular thrombosis or pregnancy morbidity and elevated antiphospholipid antibody titers. It is one of the causes of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism that can be critical due to the mortality risk. Overall recurrence of thromboembolism is very low...