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A "primitive" catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome

P Vivaldi1, C Andreotti, C Mazzon

  • 1Second Medical Division, St. Chiara General Hospital, Trento, Italy.

Haematologica
|March 1, 1994
PubMed
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A patient with antiphospholipid antibody (APA) syndrome experienced severe thrombotic macroangiopathy and kidney failure despite treatment with aspirin, dipyridamole, and plasma exchange. The patient ultimately succumbed to infection.

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Area of Science:

  • Nephrology
  • Hematology
  • Immunology

Background:

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies (APA) can cause thrombotic events.
  • Thrombotic macroangiopathy and uremic-hemolytic syndrome are severe complications.
  • Oral anticoagulant therapy may be insufficient in some APA-related thrombotic syndromes.