| Title | Renal thrombotic microangiopathy and cerebral venous thrombosis in a young man. | | Author(s) | Varma PP, Khurana H, Hooda AK, Marwaha V, Badwal S | | Institution | Department of Nephrology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt, New Delhi 110010, India. | | Source | Natl Med J India 2007 Nov-Dec; 20(6):297-9. | | Abstract | We report a patient of primary catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome who presented with rapidly progressive renal failure and seizures. He was detected to have thrombotic microangiopathy on kidney biopsy and deep cerebral venous thrombosis. The patient was successfully managed with anticoagulants, steroids, plasmapheresis and cyclophosphamide. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18335796 |
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