QJM Advance Access originally published online on February 12, 2008
QJM 2008 101(4):327-329; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcn009
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Ureteral nephrogenic adenoma in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Pathologic
Histology and Cytology
Department of Urology,
Rouen University Hospital,
76031 Rouen Cedex,
France
email: isabelle.marie@chu-rouen.fr
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Sir,
Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (PAPS) is characterized by recurrent venous and arterial thrombosis, or both, or repeated fetal loss, associated with the presence of anticardiolipin (acL) or anti-β2 glycoprotein 1 (anti-β2 GP1) antibody or lupus anticoagulant (LAC) on two samples at least 8 weeks apart, in the absence of other connective-tissue disorders.1 Systemic manifestations are well recognized complications of PAPS. Renal involvement is not an uncommon complication of the disease, occurring in as many as 2.7–30% of