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Chronic catastrophic-like antiphospholipid syndrome: a “smoldering” variant?

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Rheumatology International (impact factor: 1.88). 05/2009; 30(1):123-5. DOI:10.1007/s00296-009-0913-8 pp.123-5
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ABSTRACT Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is characterized by life-threatening diffuse thrombotic manifestations involving particularly small vessels of kidney, lungs, brain and skin. We report a 20-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome who presented typical organ and histological involvement as seen in CAPS but with protracted course suggesting a “smoldering” form of the disease.

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Keywords

20-year-old female
 
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
 
histological involvement
 
life-threatening diffuse thrombotic manifestations
 
lungs
 
protracted course
 
secondary antiphospholipid syndrome
 
systemic lupus erythematosus
 
typical organ
 

Daniel Athanazio