Antibody to cardiolipin causing hepatic infarction in a post partum patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
This is a case of a thirty one year old post partum patient, with SLE and antibodies to cardiolipin causing hepatic vascular thrombosis leading to infarction. No previous literature account is recorded.
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Department of Radiology, Westmead Hospital, NSW.
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D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001323:Autoantibodies; D002308:Cardiolipins