title: Antiphospholipid syndrome with renal artery embolism: case report.
abstract: Antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by venous and arterial thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibodies are essential to making the diagnosis. It may be a primary disorder or it may be secondary to a connective tissue disorder. Cardiac manifestations of this syndrome include both thrombotic and degenerative valvular disease. Systemic or pulmonary embolism, as well as intravascular thrombosis, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. We present a case of renal infarction in a woman with polymyalgia rheumatica and a positive test for antiphospholipid antibody.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Section, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Safley
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: McCullough
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000150:complications; D012077:Renal Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin