COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

We present a unique case of a 68‐year‐old male who was diagnosed with COVID‐19. His hospital course was complicated by widespread thrombosis, renal failure, and thrombocytopenia. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was initially suspected, yet plasma exchange and steroids did not improve his disease...

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Autores principales: Warnecke, Brian, Kapoor, Vidit, Wehbe, Alexandra, Datta, Paromita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9842783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6463
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author Warnecke, Brian
Kapoor, Vidit
Wehbe, Alexandra
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description We present a unique case of a 68‐year‐old male who was diagnosed with COVID‐19. His hospital course was complicated by widespread thrombosis, renal failure, and thrombocytopenia. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was initially suspected, yet plasma exchange and steroids did not improve his disease. Ultimately, he was diagnosed with COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy.
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spelling pubmed-98427832023-01-23 COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) Warnecke, Brian Kapoor, Vidit Wehbe, Alexandra Datta, Paromita Clin Case Rep Case Report We present a unique case of a 68‐year‐old male who was diagnosed with COVID‐19. His hospital course was complicated by widespread thrombosis, renal failure, and thrombocytopenia. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was initially suspected, yet plasma exchange and steroids did not improve his disease. Ultimately, he was diagnosed with COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9842783/ /pubmed/36694660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6463 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Warnecke, Brian
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COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
title COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
title_full COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
title_fullStr COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
title_full_unstemmed COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
title_short COVID‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: A great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
title_sort covid‐19‐induced thrombotic microangiopathy: a great mimicker of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ttp)
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9842783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6463
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