Blood film says it all! Rare case of congenital TTP misdiagnosed as ITP

We report a case of a 16-year-old female who presented with bleeding diathesis. Peripheral blood film examination was consistent with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with 7% fragmented red blood cells. The ADAMTS13 level was 40 ng/ml (reference range: 630–850 ng/ml). She responded to plasma exchan...

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Autores principales: Majeed Memon, Ayesha, Ali, Natasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31388548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2019.02.005
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description We report a case of a 16-year-old female who presented with bleeding diathesis. Peripheral blood film examination was consistent with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with 7% fragmented red blood cells. The ADAMTS13 level was 40 ng/ml (reference range: 630–850 ng/ml). She responded to plasma exchange therapy and methylprednisolone and was discharged in a stable condition.
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spelling pubmed-66763632019-08-06 Blood film says it all! Rare case of congenital TTP misdiagnosed as ITP Majeed Memon, Ayesha Ali, Natasha Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med Case Report We report a case of a 16-year-old female who presented with bleeding diathesis. Peripheral blood film examination was consistent with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with 7% fragmented red blood cells. The ADAMTS13 level was 40 ng/ml (reference range: 630–850 ng/ml). She responded to plasma exchange therapy and methylprednisolone and was discharged in a stable condition. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2019-06 2019-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6676363/ /pubmed/31388548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2019.02.005 Text en © 2019 Publishing services provided by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (General Organization), Saudi Arabia. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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