title: [Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as the only manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome].
abstract: The antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and the association of protean clinical manifestations as a result of both venous and arterial thrombosis. While pulmonary embolism (secondary to deep vein thrombosis) is common and well-known disturbance in antiphospholipid syndrome, recently there are growing number of case reports describing nonthrombotic lung pathologies in APS. We present here a young male with antiphospholipid syndrome, whose the only manifestation was diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: III Klinika Chorób Płuc, IGiChP, ul. Płocka 26, Warsaw. jfijolek@op.pl
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fijołek
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wiatr
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gawryluk
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Błasińska-Przerwa
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langfort
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roszkowski-Śliż
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed