title: Multiple steno-obstructive vascular lesions and femoral superficial artery dissection in a young Caucasian male with antiphospholipid syndrome.
abstract: A young Caucasian male was admitted for claudication intermittens, hyposphygmia on the right lower limb, high blood pressure and deterioration of renal function. Instrumental investigations documented right renal artery stenosis, multiple steno-obstructive manifestations of the splanchnic artery system, occlusion of the right external iliac artery and dissection of the left superficial femoral artery. The patient had not been previously diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome. Subsequently, the vascular lesions, because of his thrombophilic state, needed endovascular treatment and anticoagulant therapy.
authors.affiliation: Sapienza, University of Rome, Viale dell'Università, 37, Rome, 00185, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cianci
authors.forename: Antonietta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gigante
authors.forename: Biagio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbano
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaccaria
authors.forename: Lelio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polidori
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borghesi
authors.forename: Ludovica
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gasperini
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amoroso