Antiphospholipid syndrome and its role in pediatric cerebrovascular diseases: A literature review

World Journal of Clinical Cases
Beata Sarecka-Hujar, Ilona Kopyta

Abstract

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) or Hughes syndrome is an acquired thromboinflammatory disorder. Clinical criteria of APS diagnosis are large- and small-vessel thrombosis as well as obstetric problems; laboratory criteria are the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies and anti-β2-glycoprotein-1). The presence of at least 1 clinical and 1 laboratory criterion allows definitive diagnosis of APS. Primary APS is diagnosed in patients without features of connective tissue disease; secondary APS is diagnosed in patients with clinical signs of autoimmune disease. A high frequency of catastrophic APS as well as a high tendency to evolve from primary APS to secondary syndrome during the course of lupus and lupus-like disease is a feature of pediatric APS. The most characteristic clinical presentation of APS in the pediatric population is venous thrombosis, mainly in the lower limbs, and arterial thrombosis causing ischemic brain stroke. Currently, no diagnostic criteria for pediatric APS exist, which probably results in an underestimation of the problem. Similarly, no therapeutic procedures for APS specific for children have yet been established. In the present literature review, we discu...Continue Reading

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