Chronic relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and antiphospholipid antibodies: A report of two cases

✍ Scribed by Trent, Kelley; Neustater, Brett R.; Lottenberg, Richard

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 67 KB
• Volume: 54
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0361-8609
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199702)54:2<155::aid-ajh10>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

We report on 2 cases of chronic relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, in which anti-phospholipid antibodies were also found. The first patient was felt to have the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, while the second patient had anti-phospholipid antibodies without clinical manifestations of the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. We discuss chronic relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and the anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. Furthermore, we introduce the possibility of an association between chronic relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and the presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies. Am.