Angiomatosis Associated with Sneddon's Syndrome

Since early childhood, this 34-year-old woman had had widespread cutaneous, mottled-purple discoloration on her face and other parts of her body. A 34-year-old woman was admitted for acute right hemiparesis, which resolved within 24 hours. She had no history of hypertension, diabetes, migraine, or s...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2004-03, Vol.350 (12), p.e11
Hauptverfasser: Heckmann, Josef G, Lüfti, M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Since early childhood, this 34-year-old woman had had widespread cutaneous, mottled-purple discoloration on her face and other parts of her body. A 34-year-old woman was admitted for acute right hemiparesis, which resolved within 24 hours. She had no history of hypertension, diabetes, migraine, or smoking. Since early childhood, she had had widespread cutaneous, mottled-purple discoloration on her face (Panel A) and other parts of her body, which had been diagnosed as systemic angiomatosis. The result of a test for antiphospholipid antibodies was positive (47.4 IgG phospholipid units per milliliter [normal range,
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/ENEJMicm020035