Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, reported in a minority of patients with circulating antiphospholipid antibodies, is characterized by widespread vascular occlusions. The term "catastrophic" has been used to describe the severity of symptomatology, sometimes leading to death. We describe a girl aged 11 years, fulfilling diagnostic criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus, with recurrent episodes of thromboembolic phenomena involving lung and skin, complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Treatment with warfarin ultimately resulted in effective control of the disease
CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME IN PEDIATRIC SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS / F. FALCINI; G. TACCETTI; M. ERMINI; S. TRAPANI; M. MATUCCI CERINIC. - In: THE JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0315-162X. - STAMPA. - (1997), pp. 389-392.
CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME IN PEDIATRIC SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
F. FALCINI;G. TACCETTI;M. ERMINI;S. TRAPANI;M. MATUCCI CERINIC
1997
Abstract
Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, reported in a minority of patients with circulating antiphospholipid antibodies, is characterized by widespread vascular occlusions. The term "catastrophic" has been used to describe the severity of symptomatology, sometimes leading to death. We describe a girl aged 11 years, fulfilling diagnostic criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus, with recurrent episodes of thromboembolic phenomena involving lung and skin, complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Treatment with warfarin ultimately resulted in effective control of the diseaseI documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.