Massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Authors

• Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, Medical Department (38), College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 1 467 1528. Fax: +966 1 467 9496. E-mail: mshajjaj{at}ksu.edu

Abstract

The antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and the association of protean clinical manifestations as a result of both venous and arterial thrombosis. Because diffuse alveolar hemorrhage leading to acute respiratory failure is a rather unusual complication of antiphospholipid antibodies, this diagnosis may be overlooked or its manifestations are attributed to another disease. Presented here is a young Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome who recovered after a stormy clinical course of acute respiratory failure in the intensive care unit.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

777

Last Page

779

Recommended Citation

Al-Hajjaj, Mohamed S. (2000) "Massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 21: Iss. 8, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1244