RECURRENT THROMBOSIS AND RENAL VASCULAR-DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH A LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT
RECURRENT THROMBOSIS AND RENAL VASCULAR-DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH A LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT
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DOI:
10.1093/ndt/4.10.854
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
RAMDANE, M
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作者:
KLEINKNECHT, D;BOBRIE, G;RAMDANE, M
In five patients suffering from recurrent thrombosis and/or fetal death, a lupus anticoagulant was associated with a renal vasculopathy. Ischaemic episodes also involved the skin, heart, eyes and/or central nervous system. All patients were hypertensive. Two had renal innsufficiency, two had non-nephrotic proteinuria, and in the last patient renal cortical ischaemia was detected by a tomographic scan in the absence of proteinuria. Renal biopsy showed thrombosis and/or intimal fibrosis of intrarenal vessels, and normal or ischaemic glomeruli without proliferative lesions. High-titres of anticardiolipin antibodies were found in 3 of 3 cases, and persisted after steroid therapy even if the circulating anticoagulant factor disappeared. All patients received corticosteroid therapy, alone or in combination with immunosuppressive drugs; two patients had prolonged oral anticoagulation, but thrombotic episodes recurred after stopping the drug. One patient died; the remaining four survived 18 months to 11 years after diagnosis, with stable chronic renal insufficiency in one of them. These results show that lupus anticoagulant may be associated with prominent renal vascular disease, in the absence of proliferative glomerular lesionms, and suggest that continuous anticoagulation may be beneficial in these patients.