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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in pulmonary-renal syndromes

✍ Scribed by Nicki Panoskaltsis; Melanie P. Derman; Irene Perillo; James K. Brennan

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
427 KB
Volume
65
Category
Article
ISSN
0361-8609

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✦ Synopsis

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 thought, and the diagnosis of TTP should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary-renal syndromes. Am.

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