Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) very rarely present simultaneously and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma to the critical care team. Prompt diagnosis and management with plasma exchange and immunosuppression is life-saving. A patient critically...

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Autores principales: George, Pratish, Das, Jasmine, Pawar, Basant, Kakkar, Naveen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742252
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.43682
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author George, Pratish
Das, Jasmine
Pawar, Basant
Kakkar, Naveen
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description Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) very rarely present simultaneously and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma to the critical care team. Prompt diagnosis and management with plasma exchange and immunosuppression is life-saving. A patient critically ill with TTP and SLE, successfully managed in the acute period of illness with plasma exchange, steroids and mycophenolate mofetil is described.
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spelling pubmed-27383112009-09-08 Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation George, Pratish Das, Jasmine Pawar, Basant Kakkar, Naveen Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) very rarely present simultaneously and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma to the critical care team. Prompt diagnosis and management with plasma exchange and immunosuppression is life-saving. A patient critically ill with TTP and SLE, successfully managed in the acute period of illness with plasma exchange, steroids and mycophenolate mofetil is described. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2738311/ /pubmed/19742252 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.43682 Text en © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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George, Pratish
Das, Jasmine
Pawar, Basant
Kakkar, Naveen
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation
title Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation
title_full Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation
title_fullStr Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation
title_full_unstemmed Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation
title_short Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: Successful management of a rare presentation
title_sort thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus: successful management of a rare presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742252
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.43682
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