Case Report of a Fatal Probable Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

A single clinical case report authored by Sheng-Jie Hou and published on figshare in April 2026. The document details a fatal instance of probable catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), a rare condition involving rapid microvascular thrombosis and multiorgan failure. It contrasts two clinical courses under diagnostic uncertainty, highlighting challenges in early recognition and intervention.

Use Cases

• Clinical case analysis based on the detailed narrative of disease progression and treatment.
• Natural language processing for extracting clinical concepts like 'triple positivity' and 'multiorgan dysfunction' from medical text.
• Educational resource for teaching diagnostic challenges in distinguishing CAPS from severe infection.
• Comparative study of treatment outcomes based on the described 'triple therapy' regimen versus non-intervention.

Strengths

• Document is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.
• Provides a detailed, peer-reviewed narrative of a rare and fatal clinical condition.
• Last updated date of 2026-04-14 suggests recent publication.

Limitations

• Dataset is a single case report (50.6 KB), offering extremely limited scope and scale.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data structure must be inferred from the text document.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Authored clinical case report.

Time Range

Covers the timeline of the reported clinical case.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 05:39:10.

Geography

Geographic origin of the case is unspecified.