Sequential Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in an Elderly Male Patient with Primary Sjogren's Syndrome: When in Doubt, Use the PLASMIC Score

INTRODUCTION: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare, life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathy due to an acquired autoantibody to ADAMTS13 that requires a boutique treatment, urgent plasma exchange. Thus, TTP is often termed a “cannot miss” diagnosis. CASE: We report a patient with T...

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Autores principales: Miller, Devon D., Krenzer, Joseph A., Kenkre, Vaishalee P., Rose, William Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8651386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34887925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6869342

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