Wang Chun Kwok, See Wan Yan, Poon Chuen Wong
Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, The Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2016 Mar;24(3):286-7. doi: 10.1177/0218492315625158. Epub 2016 Jan 7.
We report a case of asymptomatic transient presence of lupus anticoagulant with isolated prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time in a 30-year-old lady with pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. After treatment of pneumonia, lupus anticoagulant was not detected and the activated partial thromboplastin time normalized.
