title: [Systemic lupus erythematosus and/or relapsing polychondritis with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Antiphospholipid syndrome is frequently associated with auto-immune disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 59-years-old woman with an antiphospholipid syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or relapsing polychondritis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This fatal evolution as a consequence of a delayed management shows that fast and invasive steps are required for diagnosis and treatment of systemic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital P.-Oudot, 35, avenue du Maréchal-Leclerc, BP 348, 38317 Bourgoin-Jallieu, France. marielle.roux@voila.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ninet
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis