Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura presents as a multisystemic disease with thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, fever, neurological and renal involvement. We report a 24 years-old male presenting with purpura and a generalized seizure. His blood tests showed an hemolytic anemia, un...

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Autores principales: Espinoza,Francisco, Leal,José Luis, Arenas,Guillermo
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720070012000112014-01-06Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristinaEspinoza,FranciscoLeal,José LuisArenas,Guillermo Purpura, thrombocytopenic Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic vincristine Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura presents as a multisystemic disease with thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, fever, neurological and renal involvement. We report a 24 years-old male presenting with purpura and a generalized seizure. His blood tests showed an hemolytic anemia, unconjungated hyperbilirubinemia, increased lactated dehydrogenase, thrombocytopenia and impairment of renal function. He was initially treated with daily plasmapheresis and steroids without improvement. Due to persistence of the disease, he was treated with two doses of intravenous vincristine in four days, with clinical and laboratory improvement. He was discharged 40 days after the last dose of vincristine, in good conditionsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.12 20072007-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007001200011es10.4067/S0034-98872007001200011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Purpura, thrombocytopenic
Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic
vincristine
spellingShingle Purpura, thrombocytopenic
Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic
vincristine
Espinoza,Francisco
Leal,José Luis
Arenas,Guillermo
Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
description Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura presents as a multisystemic disease with thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, fever, neurological and renal involvement. We report a 24 years-old male presenting with purpura and a generalized seizure. His blood tests showed an hemolytic anemia, unconjungated hyperbilirubinemia, increased lactated dehydrogenase, thrombocytopenia and impairment of renal function. He was initially treated with daily plasmapheresis and steroids without improvement. Due to persistence of the disease, he was treated with two doses of intravenous vincristine in four days, with clinical and laboratory improvement. He was discharged 40 days after the last dose of vincristine, in good conditions
author Espinoza,Francisco
Leal,José Luis
Arenas,Guillermo
author_facet Espinoza,Francisco
Leal,José Luis
Arenas,Guillermo
author_sort Espinoza,Francisco
title Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
title_short Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
title_full Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
title_fullStr Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
title_full_unstemmed Púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
title_sort púrpura trombocitopénico trombótico con respuesta exitosa a vincristina
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2007
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007001200011
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