Dementia associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome: clinical and radiological characteristics of 30 patients

Rheumatology
J A Gómez-PuertaJ Font

Abstract

To analyse the clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with dementia associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Twenty-five patients were identified by a computer-assisted (MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD) search of the literature to locate all cases of dementia associated with APS published in English, Spanish and French from 1983 to 2003. Additionally, we included five patients from our clinics. There were 21 (70%) females and 9 (30%) males. The mean age of patients was 49+/-15 yr (range 16-79 yr). Fourteen (47%) of the patients suffered from primary APS, 9 (30%) had systemic lupus erythematosus and 7 (23%) had 'lupus-like' syndrome. Ten (33%) patients had Sneddon's syndrome and 2 (7%) had cerebral lesions described as Binswanger's disease. Other APS-related manifestations included thrombocytopenia in 12 (40%) patients, cerebrovascular accidents in 11 (37%), heart valve lesions in 8 (27%), deep vein thrombosis in 7 (28%), migraine in 7 (23%), seizures in 4 (13%); five of the 21 (24%) female patients had nine spontaneous abortions. Lupus anticoagulant was present in 21/29 (72%) patients and anticardiolipin antibodies were present in 24/29 (83%) patients. Cortical infarcts were found ...Continue Reading

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