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CPC: Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as HELLP Syndrome

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Doruk Erkan, MD

Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Instructor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University


Anne R. Bass, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell College of Medicine

Associate Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery

Associate Director Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Hospital for Special Surgery


Jane E. Salmon, MD

Collette Kean Research Chair, Hospital for Special Surgery

Senior Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery

Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery

Co-Director, The Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery

Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University


Michael D. Lockshin, MD

Senior Clinical Investigator, Hospital for Special Surgery

Professor of Medicine and OB-GYN, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Director, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease, Hospital for Special Surgery

Co-Director, Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery


Diane George, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Lisa Vasanth, MD
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery

Abstract:
A 29 year-old woman (Gravida 1 Para 0) was transferred to New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) for the evaluation of complete vision loss in the left eye, which occurred four days after an emergency medical abortion due to HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome.

This article appears in HSS Journal: Volume 3, Number 2.
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HSS Journal, an academic peer-reviewed journal, is published twice a year, February and September, and features articles by internal faculty and HSS alumni that present current research and clinical work in the field of musculoskeletal medicine performed at HSS, including research articles, surgical procedures, and case reports.

posted 9/5/2007