Multi-organ failure secondary to catastrophic anti-phospholipid syndrome
| Autor: | Ihle Bu, Oziemski P |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Adult Lupus anticoagulant Vascular disease business.industry Multiple Organ Failure Connective tissue Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Antiphospholipid Syndrome Thrombosis Sepsis Diagnosis Differential Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Fatal Outcome Immunopathology Immunology medicine Coagulopathy Humans Female business |
| Zdroj: | Anaesthesia and intensive care. 30(1) |
| ISSN: | 0310-057X |
| Popis: | We describe the case of a young woman with a known history of thrombocytopenia, who developed respiratory and circulatory failure thought to be caused by sepsis. She subsequently was shown to have high titres of anticardiolipin antibodies as well as lupus anticoagulant. Serological tests for various connective tissue diseases were negative. Multiple cerebral ischaemic lesions led to a poor outcome. This case highlights the potential difficulties in differentiating catastrophic anti-phospholipid syndrome from disseminated intravascular coagulation. |
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