[lee-usmle]

Whenever you see a female patient with any of the following clinical features then you have to suspect Antiphospholipid syndrome and it's always asked about in CK exam.
The features are:

• DVT (leg swelling)
• Pulmonary embolism (dyspnea, chest pain, cyanosis, sudden death, ...etc)
• H/O repeated abortions
• Increased PTT
• Thrombocytopenia
• Livedo reticularis

Of course there are several other manifestations of APS but these are the main ones that are commonly mentioned.

 

[Waseem Akhtar]

Whenever you see a female patient with any of the following clinical features then you have to suspect Antiphospholipid syndrome and it's always asked about in CK exam.
The features are:

• DVT (leg swelling)
• Pulmonary embolism (dyspnea, chest pain, cyanosis, sudden death, ...etc)
• H/O repeated abortions
• Increased PTT
• Thrombocytopenia
• Livedo reticularis

Of course there are several other manifestations of APS but these are the main ones that are commonly mentioned.

Here I want to add one more thing,whenever PTT is raised that usually lead to bleeding disorders but its a paradox here a thromboembolic disease with a raised PTT.The reason is we use phospholipid Abs in the lab while measuring PTT.

 

[rangrut]

thanks

thanks........

 

[sk_gemini]

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