Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2015  |  Volume : 42  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 204--206

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as transverse myelitis


Javvid M Dandroo1, Naveed Mohsin1, Firdousa Nabi2 
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
2 Department of Prosthodonsia, Government Dental College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Correspondence Address:
Javvid M Dandroo
Department of Internal Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar - 190 011, Jammu and Kashmir
India

The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by arterial and/or venous thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity in the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies and/or lupus anticoagulant. APS can occur either as a primary disorder or secondary to a connective tissue disease, most frequently systemic lupus erythematosus. Central nervous system involvement is one of the most prominent clinical manifestations of APS, and includes arterial and venous thrombotic events, psychiatric features, and a variety of other nonthrombotic neurological syndromes. Although the mechanism of neurological involvement in patients with APS is thought to be thrombotic in origin and endothelial dysfunction associated with antiphospholipid antibodies. APS presenting as acute transverse myelitis is very rarely seen with a prevalence rate of 1%. We are describing a foreigner female presenting as acute transverse myelitis which on evaluation proved to be APS induced. So far, very few cases have been reported in literature with APS as etiology.


How to cite this article:
Dandroo JM, Mohsin N, Nabi F. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as transverse myelitis.Egypt Rheumatol Rehabil 2015;42:204-206


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Dandroo JM, Mohsin N, Nabi F. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as transverse myelitis. Egypt Rheumatol Rehabil [serial online] 2015 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];42:204-206
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