Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Unusual Presentation in a Seventy Two Year Old Man

A 72 year old man with a history of TIAs and stroke with unexplained moderately raised ESR presented a year later with rapid deterioration of vision in his left eye because of central retinal vein occlusion. Primary antiphospholipid syndrome is found in patients with history of arterial or venous th...

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Autores principales: Ajaj, A, Luhishi, E, Metaraiah, E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CoAction Publishing 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21516155
http://dx.doi.org/10.4176/080311
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Sumario:A 72 year old man with a history of TIAs and stroke with unexplained moderately raised ESR presented a year later with rapid deterioration of vision in his left eye because of central retinal vein occlusion. Primary antiphospholipid syndrome is found in patients with history of arterial or venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia and recurrent fetal loss without features of SLE.

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