Case Report of a Fatal Probable Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

A 723.4 KB DOCX file authored by Sheng-Jie Hou and last updated on 2026-04-14. The document details a single case report of a probable catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), describing the patient's clinical presentation, diagnostic challenges, treatment, and contrasting outcomes.

Use Cases

• Clinical case study analysis based on the detailed narrative of diagnostic uncertainty and treatment response.
• Educational resource for medical training based on the description of a rare disease presentation mimicking sepsis.
• Research into treatment protocols for CAPS based on the described use of triple therapy (glucocorticoids, anticoagulation, plasma exchange).

Strengths

• Document is under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• The case description provides a detailed narrative of clinical progression and decision-making.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is a single case report, limiting statistical or broad analytical utility.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure requires manual inspection of the DOCX file.

Provenance

Source

Sheng-Jie Hou via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely a documented clinical case.

Time Range

The temporal coverage of the case is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 05:39:08.

Geography

The geographic coverage of the case is not specified.