Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in a patient with neurosarcoidosis

The case of a 56-year-old woman who developed neurosarcoidosis and was discovered to have inferior vena cava and lower extremity thromboses is described. She was found to have anticardiolipin antibodies. This newly described association of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with sarcoidosis is discu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vascular medicine (London, England) England), 1999-02, Vol.4 (1), p.37-39
Hauptverfasser:	Satti, Srinivasa D, Bartholomew, John, Gordon, Steven M, Longworth, David L, Adal, Karim A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antiphospholipid Syndrome - complications Biological and medical sciences Female Humans Leg - blood supply Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous System Diseases - complications Sarcoidosis - complications Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis Vena Cava, Inferior Venous Thrombosis - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	The case of a 56-year-old woman who developed neurosarcoidosis and was discovered to have inferior vena cava and lower extremity thromboses is described. She was found to have anticardiolipin antibodies. This newly described association of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with sarcoidosis is discussed and the relevant literature reviewed.
ISSN:	1358-836X 1358-863X 1477-0377
DOI:	10.1177/1358836X9900400107