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KMID : 1040320190260010060
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Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
2019 Volume.26 No. 1 p.60 ~ p.65
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Brachial Artery Thrombosis in an 8-year-old Boy with Antiphospholipid Antibodies Induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection: a Case Report
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Woo Jung-Hee
Kwon Jung-Hyun
Je Bo-Kyung
Shin Jae-Seoung
Seo Won-Hee
Jang Gi-Young
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Abstract
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Antiphospholipid antibodies may be produced in cases involving autoimmune diseases and can sometimes be caused by infections, such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. However, antiphospholipid antibodies causing thrombosis associated with M. pneumoniae pneumonia in children have rarely been reported. We report a case of an 8-year-old boy with M. pneumoniae pneumonia with antiphospholipid antibodies, complicated by brachial artery thrombosis. He was found to have antiphospholipid antibodies and low protein S levels. The brachial artery thrombus was removed via thrombectomy. The titers of antiphospholipid antibodies turned normal within 5 months. This is a rare case of M. pneumoniae infection with brachial artery thrombosis associated with transient antiphospholipid antibodies.
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KEYWORD
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Antiphospholipid antibodies, Thrombus
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