A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a syndrome characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and acute thrombosis of multiple organ systems. It causes small or large venous and arterial thrombotic occlusions and may be fatal if not aggressively treated. In this article, w...

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Main Authors:	Ahmet Ubur, Erdal Bodakçı, Özlem Aykaç, Zehra Uysal Kocabaş, Ezgi Sezer Eryıldız, Atilla Özcan Özdemir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkish Society of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2019-08-01
Series:	Türk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi
Subjects:	Ischemic stroke internal carotid artery occlusion catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome.
Online Access:	https://www.journalagent.com/tbdhd/pdfs/TBDHD_25_2_134_139.pdf

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spelling	doaj-0e03158622774e7c8cfce3d7242f93c02020-11-25T02:31:37ZengTurkish Society of Cerebrovascular DiseasesTürk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi2146-91132146-91132019-08-0125213413910.5505/tbdhd.2018.62534A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndromeAhmet UburErdal BodakçıÖzlem Aykaç Zehra Uysal KocabaşEzgi Sezer EryıldızAtilla Özcan ÖzdemirCatastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a syndrome characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and acute thrombosis of multiple organ systems. It causes small or large venous and arterial thrombotic occlusions and may be fatal if not aggressively treated. In this article, we aimed to present a case of possible CAPS with a deep thrombocytopenia and a cerebral infarction due to internal carotid occlusion and to emphasize that CAPS should be keep in mind in the differential diagnosis of young stroke patients.https://www.journalagent.com/tbdhd/pdfs/TBDHD_25_2_134_139.pdfIschemic strokeinternal carotid artery occlusioncatastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome.
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author	Ahmet Ubur Erdal Bodakçı Özlem Aykaç Zehra Uysal Kocabaş Ezgi Sezer Eryıldız Atilla Özcan Özdemir
spellingShingle	Ahmet Ubur Erdal Bodakçı Özlem Aykaç Zehra Uysal Kocabaş Ezgi Sezer Eryıldız Atilla Özcan Özdemir A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome Türk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi Ischemic stroke internal carotid artery occlusion catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome.
author_facet	Ahmet Ubur Erdal Bodakçı Özlem Aykaç Zehra Uysal Kocabaş Ezgi Sezer Eryıldız Atilla Özcan Özdemir
author_sort	Ahmet Ubur
title	A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
title_short	A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
title_full	A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
title_fullStr	A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
title_full_unstemmed	A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
title_sort	rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
publisher	Turkish Society of Cerebrovascular Diseases
series	Türk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi
issn	2146-9113 2146-9113
publishDate	2019-08-01
description	Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a syndrome characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and acute thrombosis of multiple organ systems. It causes small or large venous and arterial thrombotic occlusions and may be fatal if not aggressively treated. In this article, we aimed to present a case of possible CAPS with a deep thrombocytopenia and a cerebral infarction due to internal carotid occlusion and to emphasize that CAPS should be keep in mind in the differential diagnosis of young stroke patients.
topic	Ischemic stroke internal carotid artery occlusion catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome.
url	https://www.journalagent.com/tbdhd/pdfs/TBDHD_25_2_134_139.pdf
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A rare cause of internal carotid artery occlusion: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome

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