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Antiphospholipid syndrome and endocrine damage: why bilateral adrenal thrombosis?

Berneis, Kaspar and Buitrago-Tellez, Carlos and Muller, Beat and Keller, Ulrich and Tsakiris, Dimitrios A.. (2003) Antiphospholipid syndrome and endocrine damage: why bilateral adrenal thrombosis? European Journal of Haematology, Vol. 71, H. 4. pp. 1-6.

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Abstract

We describe a rare case of bilateral hemorrhagic infarction of the adrenal glands diagnosed in the context of positive antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). The patient presented atypical clinical symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. Laboratory investigation showed complete adrenal failure and increased aPL, both manifestations persisted 1 yr after the initial event. MR imaging at baseline was compatible with bilateral hemorrhagic infarction and showed almost complete loss of viable adrenal tissue 1 yr later. Although no direct causal effect can be proved, the sequence of events and the exclusion of other common causes of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (e.g. tuberculosis, severe coagulation disorder) support an association between aPL and adrenal hemorrhagic infarction. A unique link between particular anatomical characteristics of the adrenal fascicular zone and a novel, previously described, explanation model of aPL-thrombosis is hypothesized. It is based on the properties of late endosomes, which are important organelles participating in cholesterol trafficking and protein sorting within cells and express epitopes recognized by aPL. It would be interesting to investigate adrenal tissue for presence of late endosomes and their aPL relevant epitopes for proof of this tempting hypothesis. Focal accumulation of aPL and isolated, simultaneous, bilateral adrenal infarctions could thus be explained.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Klinische Endokrinologie (Keller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Klinische Endokrinologie (Keller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Metabolism (Keller/Müller)
UniBasel Contributors:Keller, Ulrich O. and Müller, Beat
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:0902-4441
e-ISSN:1600-0609
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:02 Oct 2015 10:00

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