Baviskar Rutuja R, Amonkar Gayathri P, Chaudhary Vinod A, Balasubramanian Meenakshi, Mohite Shailesh C, Puranik Gururaj V
Department of Pathology, TN Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2012 Dec;33(4):303-4. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31822ad23e.
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is a very important cause of cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, and repeated pregnancy losses in women. We present an extremely rare case of a 44-year-old man with antiphospholipid syndrome who collapsed and died suddenly. At autopsy, he was found to have both cerebral and myocardial infarction. In all young patients with cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, recurrent miscarriages, and unexplained low platelet count, one must consider the strong possibility of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
