Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura pathologically consists of a thrombotic microangiopathy that classically spares lung tissues. We describe a case of TTP that presented as a pulmonary-renal syndrome. In reviewing the international literature, pulmonary involvement is not as rare as once was though
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a syndrome that keeps evolving
β Scribed by James N. George
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0733-2459
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