Abstract
Lupus anticoagulant antibodies and anticardiolipin antibodies are acquired circulating immunoglobulins that interact with phospholipids. These factors may exert anticoagulant properties in vitro and so interfere with coagulation tests that use phospholipids. These antibodies are not, however, associated with a hemorrhagic diathesis. Indeed, despite their name and their in vitro anticoagulant properties, they have been associated right from the earliest reports with systemic and cerebral thromboembolic episodes. We report the clinical and instrumental findings in a patient with ischemic stroke and anticoagulant antibodies in the serum.
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Gli anticorpi anticoagulanti tipo-lupus e gli anticorpi anticardiolipina sono immunoglobuline circolanti acquisite che interagiscono con i fosfolipidi. Questi fattori, in vitro, possono manifestare proprietà anticoagulanti interferendo con i test della coagulazione che utilizzano fosfolipidi.
Tali anticorpi non sono tuttavia associati a diatesi emorragica. Infatti contrariamente al loro nome ed alle loro proprietà anticoagulanti in vitro, essi fin dalle loro prime descrizioni sono stati correlati ad episodi tromboembolici sistemici e cerebrali.
Vengono descritti i reperti clinici e strumentali osservati in una paziente con ictus ischemico e anticorpi anticoagulanti in circolo.
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Severi, S., Ghezzi, M. & Felici, M. The primary antiphospholipid syndrome: Case report. Ital J Neuro Sci 13, 599–601 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02233404
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02233404