Nonbacterial vegetations in a young patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
The classical clinical picture of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by venous and/or arterial thromboses, fetal losses and thrombocytopenia, in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). We present the case of a young male patient who suffered a transient ischemic cerebrovascular attack and whose cardiac investigation revealed a cardiac source of embolus, namely non-bacterial vegetations of the mitral valve. Laboratory testing confirmed the diagnosis of primary APS.
Georgiou
Georgios M
GM
Cardiology Department, Larnaca General Hospital, Larnaca, Cyprus. georgemgeo@freemail.gr
Ioannides
Marios A
MA
Konis
Polivios A
PA
Tsielepis
Michalis K
MK
Nikolaides
Evagoras P
EP
D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology*