Pulmonary thrombosis with transient antiphospholipid syndrome after mononucleosis-like illness.
Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) have been reported to occur in numerous viral infections. We report a 24-year-old Japanese woman, who developed multiple venous thrombosis associated with the elevation of anticardiolipin IgM after acute viral infection presenting a mononucleosis-like illness. Two months later, aPL and thromboses disappeared. In this case both parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus antibodies IgM were elevated, which indicated the possibility of cross-reaction.
Tanizawa
Kiminobu
K
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Nara. tanizawa@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Nakatsuka
Daisuke
D
Tanaka
Eisaku
E
Inoue
Tetsuro
T
Sakuramoto
Minoru
M
Minakuchi
Masayoshi
M
Hashimoto
Seishu
S
Noma
Satoshi
S
Azuma
Teruhisa
T
Ishimaru
Hiroyasu
H
Hatta
Kazuhiro
K
Kohri
Yoshiaki
Y
Taguchi
Yoshio
Y
D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult