RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 777
OP 779
VO 21
IS 8
A1 Al-Hajjaj, Mohamed S.
YR 2000
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/21/8/777.abstract
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.