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A case report of a patient with Sneddon’s syndrome in 16-year follow-up
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Abstract
The case of Sneddon’s syndrome in a 49 year-old woman who developed arterial hypertension, cerebral ischaemic signs, renal injury and who had livedo reticularis is reported.
The diagnostic difficulties, many vascular, cerebral and renal complications and difficulties with treatment during 16-years observation are presented. After immunosupresive, antiplatet and anticoagulant therapy implementation a few years remission was achieved.
Abstract
The case of Sneddon’s syndrome in a 49 year-old woman who developed arterial hypertension, cerebral ischaemic signs, renal injury and who had livedo reticularis is reported.
The diagnostic difficulties, many vascular, cerebral and renal complications and difficulties with treatment during 16-years observation are presented. After immunosupresive, antiplatet and anticoagulant therapy implementation a few years remission was achieved.
Keywords
Sneddon’s syndrome; arterial hypertension; cerebrovascular disease; livedo reticularis; antiphospholipid antibodies
Title
A case report of a patient with Sneddon’s syndrome in 16-year follow-up
Journal
Issue
Article type
Original paper
Pages
51-59
Published online
2006-01-28
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Bibliographic record
Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2006;10(1):51-59.
Keywords
Sneddon’s syndrome
arterial hypertension
cerebrovascular disease
livedo reticularis
antiphospholipid antibodies
Authors
Elżbieta Florczak
Idalia Cybulska
Joanna Dobrogowska-Kunicka