Case Report

Splenic infarction

A new thrombotic manifestation of the circulating lupus anticoagulant

Timothy P. Obarski, DO, James K. Stoller, MD, Cheryl Weinstein, MD and Stephen Hayden, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1989, 56 (2) 174-176;

ABSTRACT

Thrombotic events are occasionally associated with circulating lupus anticoagulant and may take a variety of clinical forms. The authors report a thrombotic manifestation, spontaneous isolated splenic infarction that occurred in a young man with circulating lupus anticoagulant.

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  • Received July 1987.
  • Revision received April 1988.
  • Accepted October 1987.
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