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Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Sjögren's Syndrome in Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Kikuchi Akihiko,
Okai Takashi,
Taketani Yuji
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb01051.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lupus anticoagulant , preeclampsia , pulmonary embolism , pregnancy , anticoagulant , antiphospholipid syndrome , systemic lupus erythematosus , gestation , thrombosis , disease , biology , genetics
The occurrence of pulmonary embolisms in patients having circulating lupus anticoagulant has been reported. 1–3 ) Lupus anticoagulant has been noticed in association with autoimmune diseases 1,4–6 ) and early‐onset severe preeclampsia. 7–10 ) We report a case of Sjögren's syndrome with circulating lupus anticoagulant in a patient who developed a pulmonary embolism and severe preeclampsia at 29 weeks of gestation.