Leg Ulcers Secondary to Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Young Female
Published: December 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/42988.13350
Aditya Dhanawat, Partisha Gupta, Prasanta Padhan, Lalatendu Mohanty
1. PG Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
2. PG Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
4. Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Lalatendu Mohanty,
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
E-mail: lalatendumohanty3@gmail.com
Eighty percent of leg ulcers have a vascular aetiology. These ulcers are often debilitating for the patients and difficult to treat owing to lack of clinical suspicion leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Here we report a case of bilateral leg ulcers in a young female with Anti Phospholipid Syndrome (APS). She also had associated Evans’ syndrome in the absence of lupus. She responded well with oral anticoagulant and immunosuppressives on follow-up after 6 weeks and 12 weeks. Thus, APS should be kept in mind while evaluating a case with leg ulcers in a young as in the present case.
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