Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting As Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient With Sarcoidosis

Year 2005, Volume: 2 Issue: 4, - 1, 01.12.2005

Bahar Artım Esen Esen Kıyan Reyhan Diz Küçükkaya Levent Tabak Faruk Aktürk Aktürk Orhan Arseven Gülfer Okumuş Murat İnanç

Abstract

Antiphospholipid antibodies may be detected in sarcoidosis generally without clinical consequences. The association between sarcoidosis and antiphospholipid syndrome was rarely reported. Herein a case with sarcoidosis and antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as massive pulmonary embolism is presented. Key Words: Sarcoidosis, thrombosis, antiphospholipid syndrome

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Sarcoidosis, thrombosis, antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting As Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient With Sarcoidosis

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