Renal involvement in the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome 

Nadir Zemraoui [1a], Amine Benjelloun [2], Amr Maoujoud [3], Marouane Belarbi [1b], AhmedAlayoud [1c], Rachid Seddiki [4], Hassan Qacif [5]
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Asherson syndrome or catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) has been described for the
first time this term in 1992 is rare and extremely serious. It is characterized by rapid onset of
multiple thromboses up with favorite microcirculation in the presence of antiphospholipid unlike
the traditional APS involves major arterial or venous vessels antibodies. Within days, comes an
array of multiple organ failure. It may complicate both the primary and the one associated with
connective such as systemic lupus erythematosus APS.
We report the case of a patient of 31 years old, admitted to an acute onset delirium associated with
acute renal failure, the picture was complicated by an ischemic stroke and a splenic infarction,
whose exploration was in favor of a secondary CAPS Lupus whose evolution was fatal.