Anticardiolipin Antibody in Patients with Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) have many things in common. MS is probably an autoimmune disease and anticardiolipin antibody is seen in some patients especially of neuromyelitic type. Additionally bright T2-Imaging foci are occasionally detected in brain MRI of patients with APS. History of previous abortion, venous or arterial thrombosis, response to anticoagulation therapy and abnormal localization of the lesions in MRI might be helpful in the differential diagnosis. This article studies multiple sclerosis associated with anticariolipin antibody.