mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD);
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP);
a disintegrin-like metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motif;
member 13 (ADAMTS 13);
autopsy;
MICROANGIOPATHIC HEMOLYTIC-ANEMIA;
SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS;
FACTOR-CLEAVING PROTEASE;
UREMIC SYNDROME;
PATIENT;
FEATURES;
COHORT;
D O I:
10.2169/internalmedicine.3939-19
中图分类号:
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号:
1002 ;
100201 ;
摘要:
We herein report a patient with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) who had been stable for years but suddenly developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The patient showed a clinical pentad of signs of TTP, low activity of ADAMTS13, and positivity of anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies. She did not respond to plasma exchange or steroid therapy and died five days after admission. An autopsy revealed microthrombi in the brain, heart, kidney, adrenal glands, esophageal submucosa, and bone marrow as well as diffuse alveolar hemorrhaging. Physicians should bear in mind that TTP can occur in MCTD patients regardless of disease activity.
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Fac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
Hosp Ferreira Machado & Hosp Geral Guarus, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, BrazilFac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
Damian Souto Filho, Joao Tadeu
de Barros, Philipe Vianna
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Fac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, BrazilFac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
de Barros, Philipe Vianna
Yamaguti Rios Paes da Silva, Aline Maria
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Fac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, BrazilFac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
Yamaguti Rios Paes da Silva, Aline Maria
Barbosa, Fernanda Alves
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Fac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, BrazilFac Med Campos, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
Barbosa, Fernanda Alves
Ribas, Gustavo Fernandes
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