Catastrophic manifestation of the antiphospholipid syndrome

J Rheumatol. 1999 Oct;26(10):2261-4.

Abstract

We describe a young woman who displayed the "malignant" variant of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), also known as the "catastrophic APS." Renal insufficiency, retinopathy, cerebral infarcts, bone marrow necrosis, skin ulcers, and nasal septum perforation were the result of widespread thrombotic microangiopathy. She recovered during high intensity anticoagulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Catastrophic Illness
  • Female
  • Humans

Substances

  • Anticoagulants