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Rheumatol Int
; 30(1): 123-5, 2009 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19373467
ABSTRACT
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is characterized by life-threatening diffuse thrombotic manifestations involving particularly small vessels of kidney, lungs, brain and skin. We report a 20-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome who presented typical organ and histological involvement as seen in CAPS but with protracted course suggesting a "smoldering" form of the disease.