Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) is a rare pregnancy and postpartum complication that may simulate the more common obstetric complications, preeclampsia and the syndrome of haemolysis, elevated liver functions tests, low platelets (HELLP). We describe a 26 yea...

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Autores principales: Mwita, Julius Chacha, Vento, Sandro, Benti, Tadele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309655
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.255.2940
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description Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) is a rare pregnancy and postpartum complication that may simulate the more common obstetric complications, preeclampsia and the syndrome of haemolysis, elevated liver functions tests, low platelets (HELLP). We describe a 26 years old patient who presented with peri-partum TTP-HUSand was initially treated as a case of HELLP syndrome without any improvement. A brief review of the current TTP-HUS treatment options in pregnancy is also presented.
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spelling pubmed-41898682014-10-10 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy Mwita, Julius Chacha Vento, Sandro Benti, Tadele Pan Afr Med J Case Report Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) is a rare pregnancy and postpartum complication that may simulate the more common obstetric complications, preeclampsia and the syndrome of haemolysis, elevated liver functions tests, low platelets (HELLP). We describe a 26 years old patient who presented with peri-partum TTP-HUSand was initially treated as a case of HELLP syndrome without any improvement. A brief review of the current TTP-HUS treatment options in pregnancy is also presented. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4189868/ /pubmed/25309655 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.255.2940 Text en © Julius Chacha Mwita et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. 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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Mwita, Julius Chacha
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
title Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
title_full Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
title_fullStr Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
title_short Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome and pregnancy
title_sort thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-haemolytic uremic syndrome and pregnancy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309655
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.255.2940
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