title: Primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as pseudobulbar palsy in a young male.
abstract: Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is now recognized as an important risk factor for young stroke. Recurrent stroke seems to be common in patients with APS and a first stroke, recurrent stroke and vascular dementia are feared consequences of APS. We are reporting a case of primary APS with recurrent stroke presenting as pseudobulbar palsy in an young man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, GVN Hospital, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aleem
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Govindaraj
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Senthil
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kanagaraj
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jayapal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020828:Pseudobulbar Palsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed