Swyer-James-Macleod Syndrome and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: A Rare Case Report
Articles > Case Report · 2021
Authors: MELİKE YÜKSEL YAVUZ, AHMET DAYLAN
Respiratory Case Reports, Refereed Journals of Other Institutions, International, Scopus, 2021, vol 10, pp 130-134
DOI: 10.5505/respircase.2021.94899
Summary
Swyer-James-Macleod syndrome (SJMS) is an entity of obliterative bronchiolitis, the etiology of which has been linked to childhood infections of the lower respiratory tract.Patients may not be diagnosed until older ages, and is based on noninvasive thoracic imaging methods and under the guidance of the patients' history.Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (AFAS) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease that manifests with recurrent vascular thrombosis, unexplained fetal losses and thrombocytopenia, with 70% of cases being female.It should also be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of recurrent or unusual thrombosis and unprovoked thrombosis at young ages.A 33-year-old male patient who presented with acute peripheral thrombus underwent a pulmonologist consultation due to dyspnea, and was diagnosed with SJMS.After further investigations during follow-up, the patient was diagnosed with AFAS.We report on this case due to the synchronous coexistence of these two rare syndromes.