Antiphospholipid syndrome with renal artery embolism: case report

Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2002 Fall;3(4):196-201.

Abstract

Antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by venous and arterial thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibodies are essential to making the diagnosis. It may be a primary disorder or it may be secondary to a connective tissue disorder. Cardiac manifestations of this syndrome include both thrombotic and degenerative valvular disease. Systemic or pulmonary embolism, as well as intravascular thrombosis, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. We present a case of renal infarction in a woman with polymyalgia rheumatica and a positive test for antiphospholipid antibody.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / blood
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Embolism / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infarction*
  • Kidney / blood supply*
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica / complications
  • Renal Artery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin