Pulmonary thrombosis with transient antiphospholipid syndrome after mononucleosis-like illness.

Abstract

Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) have been reported to occur in numerous viral infections. We report a 24-year-old Japanese woman, who developed multiple venous thrombosis associated with the elevation of anticardiolipin IgM after acute viral infection presenting a mononucleosis-like illness. Two months later, aPL and thromboses disappeared. In this case both parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus antibodies IgM were elevated, which indicated the possibility of cross-reaction.

• Authors: Kiminobu Tanizawa, Daisuke Nakatsuka, Eisaku Tanaka, Tetsuro Inoue, Minoru Sakuramoto, Masayoshi Minakuchi, Seishu Hashimoto, Satoshi Noma, Teruhisa Azuma, Hiroyasu Ishimaru, Kazuhiro Hatta, Yoshiaki Kohri, Yoshio Taguchi
• Journal: Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) (Intern Med) Vol. 48 Issue 14 Pg. 1231-4 ( 2009) ISSN: 1349-7235 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 19602791 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (complications, etiology)
• Cytomegalovirus Infections (complications)
• Erythema Infectiosum (complications)
• Female
• Humans
• Pulmonary Embolism (complications, etiology)
• Young Adult