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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Catastrophic APS and Libman–Sacks Endocarditis in a Patient With Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can lead to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and catastrophic APS (CAPS), causing severe thrombotic events. This case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) with stroke and Libman–Sacks endocarditis highlights the need ...
Soroush Ehsan, Sirous Afshar, Sahel Bakhtiari, Reza Pourfallah, Shabnam Danaei Mehrabad   +4 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome and the Potential Impact of the 2023 ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria [PDF]

Antibodies
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a rare and life-threatening condition characterized by the persistence of antiphospholipid antibodies and occurrence of multiple vascular occlusive events. CAPS currently remains a diagnostic challenge and
Lucas Jacobs, Nader Wauters, Yahya Lablad, Johann Morelle, Maxime Taghavi   +4 more
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Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Rare but Life-Threatening Thrombotic Storm-A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]

Case Rep Rheumatol
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a rare, life‐threatening variant of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) characterized by rapid, widespread thrombosis leading to multiorgan failure. Affecting less than 1% of APS patients, CAPS is associated with a high mortality rate of 30%–50%, necessitating prompt diagnosis and aggressive treatment.
Morecroft R, Phillipps J, Majithia V, Mumtaz S.   +3 more
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Catastrophic antiphospholipid COVID-19 syndrome

Вестник анестезиологии и реаниматологии, 2021
Thrombophilia, as well as multiple organ dysfunction, are typical manifestations of the severe new coronavirus infection that closely resemble the clinical signs of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS).
Yu. S. Polushin, E. G. Gavrilova, I. V. Shlyk, S. V. Lapin, О. Yu. Tkachenko   +4 more
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Small Bowel Necrosis Associated with Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome is a highly fatal condition characterized by widespread thromboembolism subsequent to a triggering factor (e.g., infection, trauma, and neoplasia) in antiphospholipid antibody-positive patients. This paper reports a
Hyun Ae Lee, Seong-Eun Kim, Do Woung Jung, Ju Ran Byeon, A Reum Choe, Chung Hyun Tae, Chang Mo Moon, Hye Kyung Jung, Ki Nam Shim, Sung Ae Jung   +9 more
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Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome

Polish Archives of Internal Medicine, 2009
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease with clinical manifestations of arterial and venous thrombosis, concomitant fetal loss and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA). This report focuses on the challenges of optimal treatment involving plasma exchange and intravenous human immunoglobulin infusions that is administered ...
Agnieszka, Furmańczyk, Ewa, Komuda-Leszek, Wioletta, Gadomska, Jerzy, Windyga, Magdalena, Durlik   +4 more
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Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Review

Immuno, 2023
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by thrombotic or obstetric events occurring in individuals who have persistent antiphospholipid antibodies.
Carmine Siniscalchi, Manuela Basaglia, Michele Riva, Michele Meschi, Tiziana Meschi, Giampiero Castaldo, Pierpaolo Di Micco   +6 more
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Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) [PDF]

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2012
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a very severe variant of the classic APS, characterised by clinical evidence of multiple organ involvement developing over a very short period of time, histopathological evidence of multiple small vessel occlusions and laboratory confirmation of the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), usually ...
SCIASCIA, Savino, Lopez Pedrera C, ROCCATELLO, Dario, Cuadrado MJ   +3 more
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Catastrophic secondary antiphospholipid syndrome with peripheral nervous system involvement: a case report. [PDF]

, 2004
A 34-year-old woman was admitted to our emergency room with a high fever, abdominal pain, dyspnea and confusion. High fever and abdominal pain had first occured after a cystocele operation 5 months earlier.
Erten, Nilgun, Karan, M Akif, Parman, Yesin, Saka, Bulent, Tascioglu, Cemil, Umman, Berrin   +5 more
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Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome during pregnancy [PDF]

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2021
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is an uncommon and the most severe form of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). A 33-week pregnant patient with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, past SARS-CoV-2 infection and type I fetal growth restriction with shortening of the fetal long bone was diagnosed in our center with a probable CAPS.
Fuentes Carrasco, Marta, Mayoral Triana, Alejandra, Cristóbal García, Ignacio Cristóbal, Pérez Pérez, Noelia, Izquierdo Méndez, Nuria, Soler Ruiz, Patricia, González González, Virginia   +6 more
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