Case report: Thoracic aorta thrombus with systemic embolization: A rare paraneoplastic antiphospholipid syndrome?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 303-305

  Messiaen, Thierry ^a   Lefebvre, Chantal ^a   Lambert, Michel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Chronic leukemia; Embolization; Thoracic aorta thrombus

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NIFEDIPINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTYN E2; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029753807     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199612000-00010     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Hughes GRV. Thrombosis, abortion, cerebral disease and lupus anticoagulant. Br Med J. 1983;287:1088-9.
2. Dührsen U, Paar D, Kölbel C, Boekstegers A, Metz-Kurschel U, Wagner R, et al. Lupus anticoagulant associated syndrome in benign and malignant systemic disease. Analysis of ten observations. Klinische Wochenschrift. 1987;65:852-9.
3. Conlan MG, Haire WD, Kessinger A and Armitage JO. Prothrombotic hemostatic abnormalities in patients with refractory malignant lymphoma presenting for autologous stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 1991;7:475-9.
4. Stasi R, Stipa E, Masi M, Oliva F, Sciarra A, Perrotti A, et al. Antiphospholipid antibodies: prevalence, clinical significance and correlation to cytokine levels in acute myeloid leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Thromb Haemost. 1993;70:568-72.
5. Duncombe AS, Dalton RG, Savidge GF. Lupus type coagulation inhibitor in hairy cell leukaemia and resolution with splenectomy. Br J Haematol. 1987;65:120-1.
6. Salvarani C, Capozzoli N, Baricchi R, Macchioni PL, Rossi F, Ghirelli L, et al. Autoimmune disease in hairy cell leukaemia: Systemic vasculitis and anticardiolipin syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1989;7:329-30.
7. Schiff DE, Ortega JA. Chorea, eosinophilia and lupus anticoagulant associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Neurol. 1992;8:466-8.
8. Mouas H, Lortholary O, Eclache V, Leroux G, Casassus P, Guillevin, et al. Antiphospholipid syndrome during acute monocytic leukemia. Eur J Haematol. 1994;53:59-60.
9. Fautrel B, Chérin P, Tertian G, Brivet F, Naveau S, Sedel D, et al. Leucémie lymphoïde chronique, léiomyoblastome, vascularite thrombosante et anticorps anticardiolipine: à propos d'un cas. Rev Med Interne. 1993;14:171-3.
10. Lubbe WF, Asherson RA. Intracardiac thrombus in systemic lupus erythematosus associated with lupus anticoagulant. Arthritis Rheum. 1988;31:1453-4.
11. Leventhal LJ, Borofsky MA, Bergey PD, Schumacher HR Jr. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with right atrial thrombosis mimicking an atrial myxoma. Am J Med. 1989;87:111-3.
12. Kronzon I, Tunick PA. Transesophageal echocardiography as a tool in the evaluation of patients with embolic disorders. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1993;36:39-60.
13. Khamashta MA, Cuadrado MJ, Mujic F, Taub NA, Hunt BJ, Hughes GR. The management of thrombosis in the anti-phospholipid-antibody syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1995; 332:993-7.
14. Tunick PA, Lackner H, Katz ES, Culliford AT, Giangola G, Kronzon I. Multiple emboli from a large aortic arch thrombus in a patient with thrombotic diathesis. Am Heart J. 1992;124:239-41.