Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting with disseminated bleeding and spinal subdural hemorrhage.

Jayachandran, N V; Rajasekhar, L; Narsimulu, G; Prasad, V · Spinal Cord · 2007

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.

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