TY - JOUR T1 - Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as acute vascular occlusion in a young female patient JO - Reumatología Clínica T2 - AU - Alonso,Joaquín Valle AU - del Pozo,Francisco Javier Fonseca AU - Álvarez,Manuel Vaquero AU - Pedraza,Jorge AU - Aguayo,Miguel Angel AU - Sanchez,Almudena SN - 1699258X M3 - 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.09.002 DO - 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.09.002 UR - https://reumatologiaclinica.org/es-catastrophic-antiphospholipid-antibody-syndrome-presenting-articulo-S1699258X16301073 AB - Acquired thrombotic and thromboembolic disorders may be presented initially with symptoms and signs of acute ischaemia or organ dysfunction that will lead many of these patients to seek care in the emergency department. We report a case of a 19-year-old female patient who developed catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS syndrome or Asherson syndrome) 6 weeks post stillbirth with an initial presentation of acute vascular occlusion. The patient was immediately operated and anticoagulated with significant improvement. ER -