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Lung cavitation in primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Rheumatology Department, Hospital Privado, Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

A H Tabares

Angiology Department, Hospital Privado, Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; and

J P Casas

Pneumonology Department, Hospital Privado, Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

V Saurit

F Caeiro

Rheumatology Department, Hospital Privado, Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

A Alvarellos

Rheumatology Department, Hospital Privado. Centro Médico de Córdoba, Av. Naciones Unidas 346, Córdoba 5016, Argentina reumatologia{at}hospitalprivadosa.com.ar

Pulmonary complications of primary antiphospholipid syndrome are common and diverse, with thromboembolic events counting as the most frequent manifestation. We present the case of a female patient with a diagnosis of primary antiphospholipid syndrome, pulmonary thromboembolism and infarction followed by lung cavitation.

Key Words: antiphospholipid syndrome • lung cavitation • thromboembolism

Lupus, Vol. 11, No. 1, 57-59 (2002)
DOI: 10.1191/0961203302lu138cr


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