RECURRENT CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS IN POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA WITH CIRCULATING ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND MITRAL-VALVE DISEASE

Authors
MORELLI S PERRONE C PAROLI M
Citation
S. Morelli et al., RECURRENT CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS IN POLYARTERITIS-NODOSA WITH CIRCULATING ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND MITRAL-VALVE DISEASE, Lupus, 7(1), 1998, pp. 51-52
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Lupus → ACNP
ISSN journal
09612033
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
51 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-2033(1998)7:1<51:RCIIPW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A case of recurrent cerebral infarctions in a 42-year-old woman affect ed by polyarteritis nodosa and antiphospholipid syndrome is reported. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed grossly thickened mitral val ve leaflets, possibly related to the presence of antiphospholipid anti bodies. Thus, an embolic source at mitral level is hypothesized.