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Direct Drug Delivery to Kidney via the Renal Artery
Published on: April 17, 2021
[Renal artery thrombosis revealing antiphospholipid antibody syndrome]
Wafaa Arache1, Abdelali Bahadi1, Driss El Kabbaj1
1Service de Néphrologie, Dialyse et Transplantation Rénale, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
Abstract:
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is a thrombophilia characterized by the association of a clinical or obstetric arterial and/or venous thromboembolic event with persistent antiphospholipid antibodies. We here report the case of a young patient admitted with acute renal failure associated with bilateral renal artery thrombosis. Immunology tests showed lupus-like circulating anticoagulant on the basis of which the diagnosis of antiphospholipid antibodies was retained. Early angioplasty was performed enabling renal function recovery.
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