title: Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as acute vascular occlusion in a young female patient.
abstract: Acquired thrombotic and thromboembolic disorders may be presented initially with symptoms and signs of acute ischaemia or organ dysfunction that will lead many of these patients to seek care in the emergency department. We report a case of a 19-year-old female patient who developed catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS syndrome or Asherson syndrome) 6 weeks post stillbirth with an initial presentation of acute vascular occlusion. The patient was immediately operated and anticoagulated with significant improvement.
authors.affiliation: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK. Electronic address: joa51274@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Joaquín Valle
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Montoro, Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier Fonseca
authors.initials: FJF
authors.lastname: Del Pozo
authors.affiliation: Unidad Gestión Clínica Linares (Jaén), Centro Salud San José, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel Vaquero
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Álvarez
authors.affiliation: Hospital Valle de los Pedroches, Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pedraza
authors.affiliation: Hospital Valle de los Pedroches, Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aguayo
authors.affiliation: Hospital Valle de los Pedroches, Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Antiphospholipid syndrome; Asherson syndrome; Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; Síndrome antifosfolípido; Síndrome antifosfolípido catastrófico; Síndrome de Asherson