Is clubbing a feature of the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome?
A patient with the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome and digital clubbing is described. No recognized cause for the clubbing was found. It is suggested that platelet aggregation and microthrombi formation as a result of anti-phospholipid antibody may be involved in the pathogenesis of the digital clubbing. This may be a new feature of the anti-phospholipid antibody.
Harris
A W
AW
Department of Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Harding
T A
TA
Gaitonde
M D
MD
Maxwell
J D
JD
D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000502:physiology