Self-limited thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Article

Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000001188 Web of Science: 000968767100015

Cited authors

  • Duerson WA, Lopes CE, Dumani DA

Abstract

  • Our team is presenting a patient who is a 57-year-old woman with a past medical history of cerebral vascular accident. The patient presented to the emergency department with symptoms of fever, right upper quadrant pain, and emesis. Initial diagnostic studies revealed thrombocytopenia with acute kidney injury, fever, and leukocytosis. After initiation of treatment for sepsis, the patient developed a hemolytic anemia, which resolved with administration of methylprednisolone. Labs subsequently revealed ADAMTS-13 activity of 4% with positive inhibitor, which confirmed the diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) after the patient's discharge. On retrospective analysis, the case represents a unique and rapid clinical recovery from TTP without administration of therapeutic plasma exchange, rituximab, or caplacizumab. Copyright (C) 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication date

  • 2023

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0957-5235

Number of pages

  • 3

Start page

  • 218

End page

  • 220

Volume

  • 34

Issue

  • 3