PMID: 9528216Apr 7, 1998Paper

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, molar pregnancy and cerebral infarct. A case report

Ginecología y obstetricia de México
D Rodríguez GonzálezD Urzúa Orozco

Abstract

The clinic case of a 14 years old patient, with a molar pregnancy, hypertension and ischemic cerebral arrest in the temporoparietal left region is being described. Lupus anticoagulant antibodies were determined with a positive result corresponding with a clinic scheme to an antiphospholipid antibodies which is clinically associated with occlusive venous or arterial disorders in several regions, as well as deeply venous thrombosis in the extremities, brain, lungs and recurrent loss of early pregnancy, severe preeclampsia with an early appearance and fetal growth retardation.

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