Abstract
The association of renal failure with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome has been reported in the context of microvascular occlusions and/or malignant hypertension. We describe a 36-year-old woman who died of multiorgan failure with the laboratory, clinical and histopathological characteristics of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome associated with a crescentic glomerulonephritis and renal failure.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / blood
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome / blood
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome / pathology
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Catastrophic Illness
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Glomerulonephritis / blood
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Glomerulonephritis / complications*
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Glomerulonephritis / pathology
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Humans
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Kidney Glomerulus / pathology
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Renal Insufficiency / etiology
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Renal Insufficiency / pathology
Substances
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Antibodies, Antiphospholipid