Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis

Dermatomyositis and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are both rare diseases. TTP is a blood abnormality in which blood clots form in blood vessels leading to fatal outcomes. Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy which causes a distinctive skin rash and muscle weakness. We are hereby p...

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Autores principales: Malik, Zohra R, Shahbaz, Amir, Aziz, Kashif, Razaq, Zareen, Umair, Muhammad, Sachmechi, Issac
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30357036
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3161
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author Malik, Zohra R
Shahbaz, Amir
Aziz, Kashif
Razaq, Zareen
Umair, Muhammad
Sachmechi, Issac
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Shahbaz, Amir
Aziz, Kashif
Razaq, Zareen
Umair, Muhammad
Sachmechi, Issac
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description Dermatomyositis and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are both rare diseases. TTP is a blood abnormality in which blood clots form in blood vessels leading to fatal outcomes. Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy which causes a distinctive skin rash and muscle weakness. We are hereby presenting the case of a 27-year-old female who presented with characteristic skin findings on the face pathognomic of dermatomyositis and further investigation revealed that she had underlying TTP.
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spelling pubmed-61975082018-10-23 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis Malik, Zohra R Shahbaz, Amir Aziz, Kashif Razaq, Zareen Umair, Muhammad Sachmechi, Issac Cureus Dermatology Dermatomyositis and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are both rare diseases. TTP is a blood abnormality in which blood clots form in blood vessels leading to fatal outcomes. Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy which causes a distinctive skin rash and muscle weakness. We are hereby presenting the case of a 27-year-old female who presented with characteristic skin findings on the face pathognomic of dermatomyositis and further investigation revealed that she had underlying TTP. Cureus 2018-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6197508/ /pubmed/30357036 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3161 Text en Copyright © 2018, Malik et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 author and source are credited.
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Malik, Zohra R
Shahbaz, Amir
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Razaq, Zareen
Umair, Muhammad
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis
title Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis
title_full Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis
title_fullStr Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis
title_full_unstemmed Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis
title_short Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis
title_sort thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with dermatomyositis
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30357036
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3161
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