title: [Antiphospholipid antibodies and occlusive vascular disease].
abstract: The antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by venous and/or arterial thrombosis, recurrent foetal loss, thrombocytopenia and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. This study presents three case reports, which emphasize the multiform clinical features of the syndrome: one case of uncomplicated myocardial infarction in childhood and two prolonged, clinically elusive case histories, both with fatal outcome due to acute, multifocal, non-inflammatory vascular occlusion. It is important to distinguish between this syndrome and various vasculitis syndromes, although consensus on therapy for the antiphospholipid syndrome has not yet been achieved.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk afdeling, Svendborg Sygehus.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Herskind
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Junker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000032:analysis*; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
vernacular_title: Anti-fosfolipidantistoffer og okklusiv karsygdom.