Transient Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies in Two Patients With COVID-19
Open Access
- 31 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cureus
- Vol. 13 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13026
Abstract
We report two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients who developed pulmonary embolism and transient anti-phospholipid antibodies. At the time of presentation with acute pulmonary embolism, both patients had leukocytosis and increased levels of anti-cardiolipin antibodies, which resolved at testing 12 weeks after initial presentation. Studying cases of pulmonary embolism and increased anti-phospholipid antibodies in the context of COVID-19 could be one of the factors for elucidating the possible connection between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, anti-phospholipid antibodies, and thrombosis.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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