Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) consists of the pentad of thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, fever, neurologic abnormalities, and renal disease. We present a case report of acute TTP following a bout of ischemic colitis. This report reminds the clinician that ischemic colitis can be an at...

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Autores principales: See, Joseph R. H., Sabagh, Tarek, Barde, Christopher J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/592930
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description Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) consists of the pentad of thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, fever, neurologic abnormalities, and renal disease. We present a case report of acute TTP following a bout of ischemic colitis. This report reminds the clinician that ischemic colitis can be an atypical presentation of TTP. The prompt recognition and treatment of this disease process resulted in a good prognosis for our patient.
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spelling pubmed-36621702013-06-04 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis See, Joseph R. H. Sabagh, Tarek Barde, Christopher J. Case Rep Hematol Case Report Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) consists of the pentad of thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, fever, neurologic abnormalities, and renal disease. We present a case report of acute TTP following a bout of ischemic colitis. This report reminds the clinician that ischemic colitis can be an atypical presentation of TTP. The prompt recognition and treatment of this disease process resulted in a good prognosis for our patient. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3662170/ /pubmed/23738162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/592930 Text en Copyright © 2013 Joseph R. H. See et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis
title Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis
title_full Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis
title_fullStr Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis
title_full_unstemmed Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis
title_short Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Presenting with Acute Ischemic Colitis
title_sort thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a case presenting with acute ischemic colitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/592930
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