Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Department of Infectious Diseases, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Publications

• Case Report   
  Acute Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Miscarriage
  Author(s): Asieh Aref, Mohsen Maleknia, Mohammad Sakiani, Hashem Kazemi and Zahra Shahpouri Aarani*
  
  Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune, hypercoagulable state that is caused by antiphospholipid antibodies. Anticardiolipin antibodies, anti-b2 glycoprotein-I, and lupus anticoagulants are the main autoantibodies found in antiphospholipid syndrome. In this brief communication, we describe the case of a woman who has been suffering from treatment-resistant and difficult to manage bipolar disorder (BPD) with fluctuating thrombocytopenia and neurological findings with positive lupus anticoagulant. This was important because it was a multicomplicated problem and showed antiphospholipid syndrome with lupus. We propose it to be a consequence of an atypical presentation of APS. Case presentation: The known case of APS (antiphospholipid syndrome) and SLE (systemic lupus erythematous) with a history of kidney transp.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001497

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