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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25
We present a case of a 50-year-old female who came to us with chief complaints of breathlessness, general weakness, and cough. She tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on testing with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). She had high resolution computed tomogr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9884125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721550 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33097 |
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author | Pawar, Twinkle Saboo, Keyur Yelne, Pallavi Gaidhane, Shilpa A Kumar, Sunil Acharya, Sourya |
author_facet | Pawar, Twinkle Saboo, Keyur Yelne, Pallavi Gaidhane, Shilpa A Kumar, Sunil Acharya, Sourya |
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description | We present a case of a 50-year-old female who came to us with chief complaints of breathlessness, general weakness, and cough. She tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on testing with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). She had high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) thorax score of 22/25. On investigation, she had thrombocytopenia with schistocytosis on the peripheral smear and evidence of acute kidney injury. She was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and was treated with oral prednisone, plasma exchange, and remdesivir. There was an improvement in clinical as well as biochemical parameters such as lactate dehydrogenase, haemoglobin, and platelet counts. This case report highlights TTP that may be a serious complication in COVID-19 patients, especially with a CT severity score of 22/25. Early diagnosis and intervention can lead to a positive outcome. |
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spelling | pubmed-98841252023-01-30 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 Pawar, Twinkle Saboo, Keyur Yelne, Pallavi Gaidhane, Shilpa A Kumar, Sunil Acharya, Sourya Cureus Emergency Medicine We present a case of a 50-year-old female who came to us with chief complaints of breathlessness, general weakness, and cough. She tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on testing with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). She had high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) thorax score of 22/25. On investigation, she had thrombocytopenia with schistocytosis on the peripheral smear and evidence of acute kidney injury. She was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and was treated with oral prednisone, plasma exchange, and remdesivir. There was an improvement in clinical as well as biochemical parameters such as lactate dehydrogenase, haemoglobin, and platelet counts. This case report highlights TTP that may be a serious complication in COVID-19 patients, especially with a CT severity score of 22/25. Early diagnosis and intervention can lead to a positive outcome. Cureus 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9884125/ /pubmed/36721550 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33097 Text en Copyright © 2022, Pawar et al. https://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. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Pawar, Twinkle Saboo, Keyur Yelne, Pallavi Gaidhane, Shilpa A Kumar, Sunil Acharya, Sourya Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 |
title | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 |
title_full | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 |
title_fullStr | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 |
title_full_unstemmed | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 |
title_short | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated Successfully in a COVID-19 Patient Having a Computed Tomography Severity Score of 22/25 |
title_sort | thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated successfully in a covid-19 patient having a computed tomography severity score of 22/25 |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9884125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36721550 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33097 |
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