Case Report
Transient Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review
Table 3
Characteristics of patients with CMV infection and vascular thrombosis associated with aPL.
| Patient | Age/Sex | Diagnostic method of CMV infection | Site of thrombosis | Type of aPL | Reference |
| 1 | 35/M | lgM+, viruria | Superior mesenteric vein, femoropopliteal vein | IgM aCL, IgG aCL (2GPI-dependent) | [17] | 2 | 32/F | lgM+ | Iliac vein | IgM aCL | [13] | 3 | 79/F | lgM+, antigenemia+ | Pulmonary artery | IgG aCL | [14] | 4 | 30/M | lgM+, antigenemia+ | Portal vein | IgM aCL | [15] | 5 | 24/F | lgM+ (antigenemia−) | Superior mesenteric vein, pulmonary artery | IgM aCL | [16] | 6 | 30/F | lgG+, mononucleosis-like syndrome | Middle cerebral artery | IgM aCL, IgG aCL, IgM anti-2GPI, IgG anti-2GPI | [18] | Present case | 19/F | lgM+, real-time PCR | Inferior vena cava, posterior tibial vein, pulmonary artery | LAC | — |
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aCL: anticardiolipin antibodies; aPL: antiphospholipid antibodies; 2GPI: 2 glycoprotein I; CMV: cytomegalovirus; LAC: lupus anticoagulant.
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