Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome Successfully Treated with a Tnf-α Inhibitor

Systemic capillary leak syndrome.

A 40-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with severe hypovolemic shock and anasarca. The laboratory findings showed marked hemoconcentration and a decrease in total serum protein with the presence of monoclonal IgG-lambda. She had had a similar episode of generalized edema 2 years previously. We diagnosed the patient as having typical systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) and she impr...

SyStemic capillary leak Syndrome

Results: Of the 34 patients whose records were reviewed, 25 fulfilled all diagnostic criteria for SCLS. The median age at diagnosis of SCLS was 44 years. Median follow-up of surviving patients was 4.9 years, and median time to diagnosis from symptom onset was 1.1 years (interquartile range, 0.5-4.1 years). Flulike illness or myalgia was reported by 14 patients (56%) at onset of an acute attack ...

Pulmonary Capillary Leak Syndrome

Antiphospholipids Syndrome Complicated by a Systemic Capillary Leak-Like Syndrome Treated With Steroids and Intravenous Immunoglobulins

This report describes the onset of systemic capillary leak (SCL)-like syndrome in a 30-year-old woman with antiphospholipids syndrome (APS) during puerperium.Twelve hours after a cesarean section, she presented a sudden fever and abdominal pains followed by dyspnea, severe edema of the limbs and pelvis.Computer tomography shows congestion of interstitial pulmonary parenchyma, pericardial and pl...

idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome: a case report

conclusions the early signs and symptoms of iscls may be subtle; therefore the diagnosis can easily be missed and prompt treatment of the syndrome may be postponed. thus, the clinician must consider iscls in differential diagnosis in cases of hypotension, hemoconcentration, and hypoalbuminemia. case presentation we present a 58-year-old female who presented with peripheral edema, leg pain, and ...