[Pulmonary embolism associated to HIV infection].
Antiphospholipid antibodies are frequently found in patients with HIV infection mainly in advanced forms of disease. Despite its elevated prevalence the association with thrombotic events is rare. The author present a clinical case of a HIV patient in which the first manifestation of the disease was a pulmonary embolism.
Germano
Nuno
N
Serviço de Medicina I, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa. Nuno_germano@clix.pt
Mendonça
Paula
P
Murinello
António
A
D000368:Aged; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging