title: Case report: Hepatic involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome.
abstract: Three cases of hepatic involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome are described. One patient had catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome with haemorrhages and necrosis in the liver parenchyma. The second patient had blood clots in the small hepatic vessels. The third patient had autoimmune hepatitis type I associated with antiphospholipid syndrome. Other possible hepatic manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Orion
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernheim
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Mekori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology