January 1, 2009Internal MedicineOpen Access

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Complicated with Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

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80-year-old woman with hypereosinophilic syndrome who developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura caused…

Design

Case_report

Authors

HOHiroto OhguchiKumamoto University TSTomohiro SugawaraTohoku University HHHideo HarigaeTohoku University Hospital

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to possible TTP-HES overlap; leaves open causality and need for confirmatory studies.

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Population

80-year-old woman with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) who developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) caused by ADAMTS13 inhibitor

Intervention

Corticosteroids and plasmapheresis

Outcome

Successful treatment of TTP

This case report highlights a rare association between hypereosinophilic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura caused by an ADAMTS13 inhibitor.

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Ohguchi et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70bb7031a3df824328fc0a https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2282

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Complicated with Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Complicated with Hypereosinophilic Syndrome

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