PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Hajjaj, Mohamed S.
TI  - Massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome
DP  - 2000 Aug 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 777--779
VI  - 21
IP  - 8
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/8/777.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/8/777.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2000 Aug 01; 21
AB  - 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. Because diffuse alveolar hemorrhage leading to acute respiratory failure is a rather unusual complication of antiphospholipid antibodies, this diagnosis may be overlooked or its manifestations are attributed to another disease. Presented here is a young Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome who recovered after a stormy clinical course of acute respiratory failure in the intensive care unit.