Stroke in an Early Adolescent with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Coexistent Antiphospholipid Antibodies

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-99
Author(s):  
DAVID D. DUNGAN ◽  
M. SUSAN JAY

Thromboembolic events in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are an occasional but significant occurrence. Cerebrovascular disease in adults with SLE has been well described.1-4 Antiphospholipid antibodies, such as lupus anticoagulant, an immunoglobulin directed against the platelet phospholipid component of the prothrombin activator complex, and the false-positive serologic tests for syphilis, which detect reaginic antibodies that react with the purified beef cardiolipin substrate of these assays, have been reported for a long time in association with these events.5-9 More recently, development of an assay for anticardiolipin antibodies, immunoglobulins directed against the phosphodiester group of negatively charged phospholipids, has led to wider exploration of this subset of antiphospholipid antibodies and their relation to thrombosis.10,11

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lúcia Maria de Arruda Campos ◽  
Maria Helena B. Kiss ◽  
Élbio A. D'Amico ◽  
Clóvis Artur Almeida Silva

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequencies and behavior of antiphospholipid antibodies in 57 children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus. METHODS: Anticardiolipin antibodies were investigated by ELISA and lupus anticoagulant antibodies by the international tests recommended. The antiphospholipid antibodies analyses were performed in frozen samples (mean of 5.3 samples per patient obtained during a mean follow-up period of 3 years and 7 months) and on blood samples collected between January 1997 and November 1998 (mean of 2.5 samples per patient during a 2-year follow-up period). RESULTS: The frequencies of antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin and lupus anticoagulant) were similar in the samples collected prospectively and in the frozen samples (retrospective study): 63.2% and 75.4% respectively. Positivity for these antibodies fluctuated during the follow-up period and was not associated with any clinical or laboratory parameters of lupus erythematosus, including autoantibodies and also including disease activity and/or severity scores. CONCLUSIONS: The frequencies of antiphospholipid antibodies in children and adolescents with lupus erythematosus were similar to those observed in adults. The positivity fluctuated during the follow-up and was not correlated with clinical and/or laboratory disease parameters.


1994 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Vyse ◽  
Linda M. Luxon ◽  
Mark J. Walport

AbstractWe report on two patients who have high titres of antiphospholipid antibodies, both of whom had acute audiovestibular failure. One of the patients had systemic lupus erythematosus. The other patient had primary antiphospholipid syndrome: audiovestibular symptoms have not been reported in this condition. The occurrence of acute audiovestibular failure in the primary antiphospholipid syndrome raises the question as to whether patients presenting with acute deafness or vestibular disturbance should be screened for the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies.


Author(s):  
E A Belolipetskaia ◽  
I B Beliaeva ◽  
V I Mazurov ◽  
E A Trofimov ◽  
S V Lapin

Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL): lupus anticoagulant (LA), anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and anti-β2-glycoprotein I antibodies (anti-β2GPI) are found in 12 to 44% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. On average, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) develops in50% of aPL-positive patients with SLE. The seronegative APS is characterized by the absence of the diagnostic levels of "classical" aPL and by the presence of non-criteria aPL: antibodies against pro- thrombin (aPT), antibodies against annexin V, antibodies against phosphatidylethanoamine (aPE), antibodies to phosphatidylserine/prothrombin complex (aPS-PT) and antibodies against negatively charged phospholipids. The presence of four antibodies (LA + aCT + anti-β2GPI + aPT) is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of thrombosis. The presence of aCL and anti-β2GPI in SLE patients with APS and recurrent thromboses is associated with the HLA dRB1 * 0402.


1991 ◽  
Vol 66 (05) ◽  
pp. 520-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
A A Long ◽  
J S Ginsberg ◽  
P Brill-Edwards ◽  
M Johnston ◽  
C Turner ◽  
...  

SummaryIn order to determine whether an association exists between antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) and thromboembolic events in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we performed a cross-sectional study of consecutive unselected SLE patients. The occurrence of previous thromboembolic events was determined by investigators blinded to the APLA status of the patients by critical review of objective tests that had been performed at the time of symptomatic presentation and by performing venous Doppler ultrasound of the legs to elicit venous reflux as an indication of previous venous thrombosis. The presence of APLA was determined by coagulation assays for the lupus anticoagulant (LA) using five tests with well-defined control ranges and by ELISA assay for anticardiolipin antibodies (ACLA). These tests were measured on two separate occasions. The results of the study demonstrate a statistically significant association between persistently abnormal ACLA assays and thromboembolic events and a non-significant trend between persistently abnormal LA and thromboembolic events. Transient abnormalities of LA and ACLA were less strongly associated with thromboembolic events. We conclude that in patients with SLE, there is a significant association between thromboembolism and APLA.


2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-328
Author(s):  
Alina Dima ◽  
Simona Caraiola ◽  
C. Jurcut ◽  
Eugenia Balanescu ◽  
P. Balanescu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background. The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is one of the most encountered autoimmunity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and pathogenesis of these two seems to be intricate. Aim. To investigate the association of antiphospholipid antibodies (APLAs) titer with the presence of secondary APS diagnosis in SLE patients. Methods. 65 patients fulfilling the 2012 Systemic Lupus Collaborating International Clinics (SLICC) SLE’s criteria were included. The APS diagnosis was sustained according to the 2006 Sydney APS’s criteria. Three groups of patients were defined: SLE patients with secondary APS, SLE with history of positive “criteria” APLAs but without APS clinical features, respectively SLE patients without positive APLAs or clinical APS criteria. An extended APLAs panel was searched in all cases: both IgM and IgG of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL), anti-β2 glycoprotein I antibodies (aβ2GPI), antiphosphatidylethanolamine antibodies (aPE), antiphosphatidylserine antibodies (aPS), respectively antiprothrombin antibodies (aPT). Results. Only the aβ2GPI, both IgM and IgG serotypes, had significantly higher titers in patients with SLE and secondary APS compared to no APS (with/without positive APLAs): median (min; max) 7.0 (0.0-300.0) vs. 1.0 (0.0-28.0) vs. 1.0 (0.0-12.0), respectively 3.0 (0.0-79.0) vs. 1.0 (0.0-3.0) vs. 1.0 (0.0-12.0) (p<0.001, Kruskal-Wallis test)]. Also, in regression logistic models, only the aβ2 GPI (IgG and IgM) were identified as risk factors for secondary APS diagnosis in the SLE patients: OR(95%CI) 5.9 (2.2-15.7), respectively 1.3 (1.1-1.5). In regard with the SLE markers, the IgG serotypes of the “non-criteria” APLAs analyzed (aPS, aPT, aPE) were correlated with the antiDNA titers while the IgM serotypes inversely associated with the complement C3 levels. Conclusions. IgG aβ2 GPI are accompanied by almost 6-fold increase risk of secondary APS when screening SLE patients. On the contrary, the “non-criteria” APLAs do not seem associated with the APS diagnosis in SLE patients. Some correlates of the “non-criteria” APLAs with the antiDNA and complement C3 levels were also observed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaleh Shariati Sarabi ◽  
Maryam Sahebari ◽  
Ali Etemad Rezaie ◽  
Mohammad Taghi Norouzi ◽  
Kamila Hashemzadeh ◽  
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