Arterial Dissection in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review

Al-banaa, Kadhim and Alshaikhli, Alfarooq and AL-Hareeri, Asal and Abdelhalim, Mohammed and Al-Hillan, Alsadiq and Joshi, Tejas (2021) Arterial Dissection in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (5). pp. 1-7. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594

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Abstract

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease which presents with thromboembolic disease, pregnancy complications and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. There are some reports of arterial dissections in different sites of the body associated with APS. We describe two patients with APS who developed ischaemic stroke as a result of vertebral artery dissection in the absence of acquired and genetic risk factors for arterial dissection. We also conducted a systematic review of the literature for cases of arterial dissection associated with APS. We suspect that APS may be a potential cause of vasculopathy and arterial dissection. Further research is needed to explore this possible association.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, APS, arterial dissection, vasculopathy, stroke
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici)
600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2022 16:57
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2022 16:57
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21242

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