A patient with pleuritic chest pain and abnormal blood clotting tests.
Acute Med. 2014;13(4):174-177
Authors: Vamvakidou A, Konstantinou D, Salam S, Mahmoud M
Abstract
We present the case of a 58 year old man who developed pleuritic chest while an in-patient; investigations revealed pulmonary embolism, despite a significantly raised Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT), which was subsequently attributed to Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The diagnosis and initial management of APS in the acute setting is discussed.
PMID: 25521088 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]