Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Pneumonia: A Case Report of a 16-Year-Old Male Patient
Joint Authors
Yılmaz, Zülfükar
Selimoğlu Şen, Hadice
Yilmaz, Süreyya
Topcu, Fusun
Kara, Ali Veysel
Akgul Ozmen, Cihan
Yıldırım, Yaşar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by arterial and/or venous thrombosis and/or recurrent pregnancy loss in the presence of antiphospholipid (APL) antibodies.
It is evaluated as APS when it develops associated with other systemic autoimmune diseases or primary APS if there is no concomitant disorder.
In this study, we present a case of a 16-year-old male patient with primary APS.
The patient was admitted with presumptive diagnosis of pneumonia, but multiple pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) was observed on computerized tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography.
APL antibodies positivity and thrombocytopenia developed in our patient.
The patient was evaluated as primary APS since another etiology that could explain PTE was not found.
Primary APS is a rare disease in children along with adolescents, compared with APS associated with other systemic autoimmune diseases.
We present here a young male patient with primary APS and PTE to contribute to the literature.
The patient initially had pneumonia but later developed PTE and thrombocytopenia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yilmaz, Süreyya& Topcu, Fusun& Selimoğlu Şen, Hadice& Yıldırım, Yaşar& Yılmaz, Zülfükar& Kara, Ali Veysel…[et al.]. 2015. Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Pneumonia: A Case Report of a 16-Year-Old Male Patient. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059859
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yilmaz, Süreyya…[et al.]. Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Pneumonia: A Case Report of a 16-Year-Old Male Patient. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059859
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yilmaz, Süreyya& Topcu, Fusun& Selimoğlu Şen, Hadice& Yıldırım, Yaşar& Yılmaz, Zülfükar& Kara, Ali Veysel…[et al.]. Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Pneumonia: A Case Report of a 16-Year-Old Male Patient. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059859
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059859