title: Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome associated with crescentic glomerulonephritis: a clinicopathologic case.
abstract: The association of renal failure with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome has been reported in the context of microvascular occlusions and/or malignant hypertension. We describe a 36-year-old woman who died of multiorgan failure with the laboratory, clinical and histopathological characteristics of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome associated with a crescentic glomerulonephritis and renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cisternas
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002388:Catastrophic Illness; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid