[Vasculopathy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and the antiphospholipid syndrome]

Clinicomorphological examination covered 100 patients with confirmed SLE: 79 with concomitant APS (group 1), 21 free of APS (group 2). In group 1 thrombolytic complications occurred in 75%, in group 2- in 13%. The recurrences were more frequent in group 1. Overall percentage of arterial and venous thromboses was approximately the same. According to biopsy and autopsy 2 kinds of morphological changes were found: typical for SLE and APS. Morphological specificity of APS manifested with proliferative and thrombotic changes in both arteries and veins.