Mod Rheumatol. 2019;29(2):388-392.
Nonthrombotic proliferative vasculopathy associated with antiphospholipid antibodies: A case report and literature review.
제1저자 이정석 · 교신저자 박진균
소속 (3)
- a Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine , Seoul National University Hospital , Seoul , Korea.
- b Department of Pathology , Seoul National University Hospital , Seoul , Korea , and.
- c Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences , BK 21 plus Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, College of Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Seoul National University , Seoul , Korea.
Abstract
A 20-year-old man presented with recurrent hemoptysis for seven months. A small subpleural nodule in his right lower lobe was found and excised surgically. Based on the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and vascular wall hypertrophy without vasculitis or an intraluminal thrombus, nonthrombotic proliferative vasculopathy (NTPV) affecting pulmonary arteries was diagnosed. Recently, aPL have been postulated to directly induce the proliferation of vascular cells in the intima and media, leading to NTPV. We review 5 cases of NTPV-associated aPL with critical ischemia in the lower extremities and gastrointestinal infarction. NTPV-associated aPL might be distinct from classic antiphospholipid syndrome and should be considered in aPL-positive patients who present with vascular occlusions of medium-sized vessels in the absence of atherosclerotic risk factors and systemic or local inflammation.
Keywords
Antiphospholipid antibodiesAntiphospholipid syndromeMedium-sized vesselProliferative vasculopathyPulmonary arteryVasculitis
그 밖의 정보
- 출판 형태
- Case Reports, Journal Article
- 저널
- Modern rheumatology · eISSN 1439-7609
- 전자 출판
- 2016-08-18
- MeSH
- Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / analysis · Antiphospholipid Syndrome* / complications / diagnosis / immunology · Cell Proliferation · Diagnosis, Differential · Hemoptysis* / diagnosis / etiology · Humans · Male · Pulmonary Artery* / immunology / pathology · Tunica Intima* / pathology / physiopathology · Tunica Media* / pathology / physiopathology · Vasculitis* / diagnosis / etiology / immunology / physiopathology · Young Adult
- Substances
- Antibodies, Antiphospholipid