title: Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting with disseminated bleeding and spinal subdural hemorrhage.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare cause of spinal subdural hematoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A tertiary care university hospital in Andhra Pradesh, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Detailed evaluation and reporting of a case admitted in the hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A case of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) was found to present with spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma and paraplegia. This is a very rare presentation of APS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article describes a rare case of APS presenting with disseminated bleeding and spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma, resulting in paraplegia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Jayachandran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rajasekhar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Narsimulu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D046649:Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology