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01.05.2013 | Short Communication
Familial antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as bivessel arterial occlusion in a 17-year-old girl
verfasst von:
Marija Jelušić, Katarina Starčević, Mandica Vidović, Savko Dobrota, Kristina Potočki, Ljiljana Banfić, Branimir Anić
Erschienen in:
Rheumatology International
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Ausgabe 5/2013
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Abstract
This article presents a case of a 17-year-old girl with primary antiphospholipid syndrome developing subacute signs of hand and leg ischaemia caused by radiologically verified radial and popliteal artery occlusion. She is successfully treated with a thrombolytic agent (alteplase) and recovers completely. Her laboratory results came positive for all three subtypes of antiphospholipid antibodies. This kind of antiphospholipid syndrome presentation is a very rare entity in itself. Shortly afterwards her mother is diagnosed with primary antiphospholipid syndrome as well. A familial form of antiphospholipid syndrome is suspected. Combination of a familial antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as bivessel arterial thrombosis is a unique case, to the best of our knowledge, never described in the literature before.