Hemolysis, hemorrhage, headache, and hidden abortion: imaging findings in antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid antibodies are associated with arterial and venous thromboses, recurrent pregnancy loss, and organ infarction. Any vascular region can be affected. We present a 20-year-old woman suffering from secondary antiphospholipid syndrome with a unique combination of multifocal venous thromb...

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Published in:European radiology 2003-12, Vol.13 Suppl 4 (S06), p.L83-L86
Main Authors: Mahnken, Andreas H, Brandenburg, Vincent M, Frank, Rolf D, Haage, Patrick, Günther, Rolf W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Abortion, Spontaneous - etiology
Adult
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid - analysis
Antiphospholipid Syndrome - complications
Antiphospholipid Syndrome - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging - methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Headache - etiology
Hemolysis
Hemorrhage - etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Miscarriage
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Embolism - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism - etiology
Radionuclide Imaging - methods
Severity of Illness Index
Splenic Infarction - diagnosis
Splenic Infarction - etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:Antiphospholipid antibodies are associated with arterial and venous thromboses, recurrent pregnancy loss, and organ infarction. Any vascular region can be affected. We present a 20-year-old woman suffering from secondary antiphospholipid syndrome with a unique combination of multifocal venous thromboses, pulmonary embolism, spontaneous abortion, and splenic infarction. Diversity of clinical symptoms and diagnostic imaging modalities are discussed with emphasis on cross-sectional imaging. The syndrome should be suspected in patients with thromboses and organ infarctions of otherwise undetermined etiology.
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s00330-003-1974-9