Massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
The antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and the association of protean clinical manifestations as a result of both venous and arterial thrombosis. Because diffuse alveolar hemorrhage leading to acute respiratory failure is a rather unusual complication of antiphospholipid antibodies, this diagnosis may be overlooked or its manifestations are attributed to another disease. Presented here is a young Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome who recovered after a stormy clinical course of acute respiratory failure in the intensive care unit.
Al-Hajjaj
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Medical Department (38), College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mshajjaj@ksu.edu
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D012008:Recurrence; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D013256:Steroids; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D013256:Steroids