title: Evolution of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
abstract: Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is a very important cause of cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, and repeated pregnancy losses in women. We present an extremely rare case of a 44-year-old man with antiphospholipid syndrome who collapsed and died suddenly. At autopsy, he was found to have both cerebral and myocardial infarction. In all young patients with cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, recurrent miscarriages, and unexplained low platelet count, one must consider the strong possibility of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, TN Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Rutuja R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Baviskar
authors.forename: Gayathri P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Amonkar
authors.forename: Vinod A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: Meenakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
authors.forename: Shailesh C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mohite
authors.forename: Gururaj V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Puranik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005355:Fibrosis; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D005911:Gliosis / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology