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A patient with pleuritic chest pain and abnormal blood clotting tests

Vamvakidou, A.; Konstantinou, D.; Salam, S.; Mahmoud, M.

Acute Medicine 13(4): 174-177

2014

ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4892
PMID: 25521088
Document Number: 16162
We present the case of a 58 year old man who developed pleuritic chest while an in-patient; investigations revealed pulmonary embolism, despite a significantly raised Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT), which was subsequently attributed to Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The diagnosis and initial management of APS in the acute setting is discussed.

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A patient with pleuritic chest pain and abnormal blood clotting tests

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