Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting with disseminated bleeding and spinal subdural hemorrhage.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Case report. To report a rare cause of spinal subdural hematoma. A tertiary care university hospital in Andhra Pradesh, India. Detailed evaluation and reporting of a case admitted in the hospital. A case of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) was found to present with spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma and paraplegia. This is a very rare presentation of APS. This article describes a rare case of APS presenting with disseminated bleeding and spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma, resulting in paraplegia.
Medical subject headings
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal
- Paraplegia