Anticardiolipin antibodies in a case of neuro-Behçet with superior vena caval occlusion.
The patient, a 55-year-old man with neuro-Behçet, developed superior vena caval occlusion. Antibodies to cardiolipin were detected in high titres in his serum and a decreased fibrinolysis was also found. It is suggested that anticardiolipin antibodies, perhaps decreasing fibrinolysis, may play an important pathogenic role in some patients with Behçet's disease.
D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000276:immunology*; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*
D000906:Antibodies; D002308:Cardiolipins