ASSOCIATION OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS IN A CHILD PRESENTING WITH CHOREA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
BESBAS N DAMARGUC I OZEN S AYSUN S SAATCI U
Citation
N. Besbas et al., ASSOCIATION OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS IN A CHILD PRESENTING WITH CHOREA - A CASE-REPORT, European journal of pediatrics, 153(12), 1994, pp. 891-893
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03406199
Volume
153
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
891 - 893
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-6199(1994)153:12<891:AOAAWS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A 16-year-old girl, diagnosed 1 year previously as having Sydenham cho rea, was found to have systemic lupus erythematosus according to the A merican Rheumatism Association criteria. She now presented with pulmon ary emboli and renal involvement and responded to immunosuppressive an d anticoagulant therapy. The high levels of anticardiolipin antibodies returned to normal along with the clinical symptoms. Conclusion We su ggest that anticardiolipin antibodies are relevant to the development of chorea and thrombo-embolic complications and that these auto-antibo dies should be sought for in similar cases.