Antiphospholipid syndrome can be a feature of several underlying conditions, such as lupus, but it can also occur idiopathically. Diagnosis usually comes after investigation of recurrent venous or arterial thromboses, emboli, or hypertension/proteinuria where the kidney is involved and is usually confirmed by laboratory testing. We describe a case of a man with a myocardial infarction who developed mural thrombus in an akinetic left ventricular segment but then who recurrently embolized first to one of his native kidneys and then later to a transplanted kidney. Although the clinical behavior was typical of antiphospholipid syndrome, it took numerous laboratory assays over many years until finally the problem was confirmed and life-long warfarin therapy instituted. © 2013 Scully et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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Scully, P., Leckstroem, D. C., McGrath, A., Chambers, J., & Goldsmith, D. J. (2013). Repeated renal infarction in native and transplanted kidneys due to left ventricular thrombus formation caused by antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. International Medical Case Reports Journal, 6(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S39301
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