Recurrent Very Late Stent Thrombosis in a Systemic Lupus Erythematous Patient

Thrombolytic Therapy for Cerebral Vein Thrombosis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

A 20-year-old woman was admitted to a Gynecology Hospital in her 6th month of pregnancy for high blood pressure and tonic-clonic seizure. Primary diagnosis was eclampsia, and for that reason she underwent cesarean section. She also had headache on frontal and parietal areas without nausea or vomiting. There was not a focal neurological sign. Rheumatology consultation was requested. Systemic lup...

Hematologic manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. The most common hematologic finding is anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome with recurrent abortion and thrombosis. The autoimmune fibrosis of bone marrow is another manifestation of autoimmune disease especially SLE, that must be correctly differentiated from primary myelofibrosis.

Comparative of irrational beliefs and diseases anxiety disorders in women with systemic lupus erythematous and healthy women

The aim of this study was to compare irrational beliefs and anxiety disorder (self-morbidity) in women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus. This was a descriptive causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study included all female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Kermanshah in 2018. By random sampling method, 50 women with lupus and 50 non-lupus were sel...

A Case of Very Late Bare-Metal Coronary Stent Thrombosis Two Weeks after Aspirin Discontinuation, Histopathologic Thrombus Findings and Clinical Considerations

There have been consistent evidences that atherosclerotic changes occur inside bare metal stents (BMS) during an extended period after implantation. This report describes the histopathologic features of aspirated material harvested from a patient with definite very late stent thrombosis of a BMS implanted 18 years prior. The patient presented with a recurrent anterior acute myocardial infarctio...

Oral contraceptive-related transverse sinus thrombosis as an initial manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome in the absence of systemic lupus erythematosus