A 68-year-old Japanese male presented with atrophic erythematous white lesions with peripheral dark reddish rims on his back. Multiple ulcers were detected from his stomach to his large intestine using endoscopy. Although the patient was given high doses of a steroid, aspirin, dipyridamole, and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, he died of gastro intestinal hemorrhage, perforation and septic shock. An autopsy examination revealed pauci-inflammatory thrombotic microangiopathy with endothelial cell injury, fibrous occlusive arteriopathy, and vascular C5b-9 deposition in the wall of the gastro intestinal tract from the esophagus to the large intestine as well as in the dermis of the skin.
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Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, New York, NY 10065 USACornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, New York, NY 10065 USA
Magro, Cynthia M.
Wang, Xuan
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Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, New York, NY 10065 USACornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, New York, NY 10065 USA