Alveolar Hemorrhage, a Rare and Life-Threatening Complication of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Grace Loza; Carlos Hallo; Byron Chiliquinga; Alejandro Hallo

doi:10.1155/2019/3284258

Alveolar Hemorrhage, a Rare and Life-Threatening Complication of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Case Rep Rheumatol. 2019 Nov 13:2019:3284258. doi: 10.1155/2019/3284258. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Grace Loza¹, Carlos Hallo², Byron Chiliquinga¹, Alejandro Hallo¹

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Eugenio Espejo Hospital, Quito, Ecuador.
² Internal Medicine, NYU-Winthrop Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Abstract

Alveolar hemorrhage is the rarest pulmonary complication of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and is associated with high mortality risk. This life-threatening complication results from autoimmune damage to the alveolar blood vessels. Given the limited literature addressing the association of these two pathologies, we report a series of three cases with this complication and then compare our findings with 6 cases reported in the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports