Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting As Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient With Sarcoidosis
Bahar Artım Esen 1 * , Esen Kıyan 2, Reyhan Diz Küçükkaya 3, Levent Tabak 2, Faruk Aktürk 1, Orhan Arseven 2, Gülfer Okumuş 2, Murat İnanç 4
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1 İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey2 İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Respiratory Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey3 İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Division of Hematology, İstanbul, Turkey4 İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İstanbul, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Antiphospholipid antibodies may be detected in sarcoidosis generally without clinical consequences. The association between sarcoidosis and antiphospholipid syndrome was rarely reported. Herein a case with sarcoidosis and antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as massive pulmonary embolism is presented.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, 2005, Volume 2, Issue 4, 173-176

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82338

Publication date: 15 Oct 2005

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