Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A complex disease

Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A complex disease.

Antiphospholipid syndrome: A disease of protean face.

BACKGROUND Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic disorder characterizes by recurrent arterial and venous thrombosis and/or pregnancy miscarriages and positive test for antiphospholipid antibodies. CASE Here we report a 31 year-old female whose main complain was symmetrical motor polyneuropathy and hand muscular weakness over a long period of time. Her clinical picture became more comp...

A Case of Gaucher\'s Disease with Recurrent Fetal Loss and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome: a comprehensive review of a complex and multisystemic disease.

The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired thombophilia, which is characterized by one or more thrombotic episodes and obstetric complications in the presence of antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies (Abs). APL Abs are detected by laboratory tests such as lupus anticoagulant (LAC), anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti-Beta2-glycoprotein I (Beta2GPI) Abs. This article reviews the most current aspe...

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME-A CASE OF AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY

A 31 year old woman was hospitalized for evaluation of aortic valve insufficiency and her present cardiac status. Clinical and paraclinical findings strongly suggested the presence of a collagen vascular inflammatory processprecisely, the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), with systemic lupus erythematosus as the underlying disease.