Acute subdural hematomas with lupus anticoagulant (procoagulant inhibitor)

Neurology. 1984 Apr;34(4):519-21. doi: 10.1212/wnl.34.4.519.

Abstract

A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and circulating "lupus anticoagulant" (procoagulant inhibitor) developed both hemorrhagic microinfarction of the brain characteristic of SLE and massive bilateral, fatal, isodense subdural hematomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation Factors / analysis
  • Blood Coagulation Factors / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Female
  • Hematoma, Subdural / blood
  • Hematoma, Subdural / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma, Subdural / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / blood
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor