warfarin and Polymyalgia-Rheumatica

Antiphospholipid syndrome is characterized by venous and arterial thrombosis. Antiphospholipid antibodies are essential to making the diagnosis. It may be a primary disorder or it may be secondary to a connective tissue disorder. Cardiac manifestations of this syndrome include both thrombotic and degenerative valvular disease. Systemic or pulmonary embolism, as well as intravascular thrombosis, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. We present a case of renal infarction in a woman with polymyalgia rheumatica and a positive test for antiphospholipid antibody.

Topics: Aged; Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; Anticoagulants; Antiphospholipid Syndrome; Atrial Fibrillation; Embolism; Female; Humans; Infarction; Kidney; Polymyalgia Rheumatica; Renal Artery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Warfarin