title: [Reccurent stroke revealing catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome with hepatitis C viral infection].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Very little cases of antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) have been described among patients having chronic hepatitis C virus infection (HCV).
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the observation of a 43-year-old woman who presented APLS diagnosed following recurrent strokes. Etiological investigations concluded on an association of APLS with HCV infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Besides being exceptional, this association raises certain etiopathogenic problems. Indeed while antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are frequently noted during chronic hepatitis C, they rarely generate thromboembolic complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Explorations Fonctionnelles, CHU Ibn Rochd, Quartier des Hôpitaux, Casablanca, Maroc. mo.mi2@caramail.com
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rafai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fadel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gam
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hakim
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: El Moutawakkil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kissani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Slassi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*