Autoimmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with HHV8-related Multicentric Castleman disease.

Autor: London, Jonathan, Boutboul, David, Agbalika, Felix, Coppo, Paul, Veyradier, Agnès, Gérard, Laurence, Oksenhendler, Eric, Azoulay, Elie, Galicier, Lionel
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Zdroj: British Journal of Haematology; Aug2017, Vol. 178 Issue 3, p486-488, 3p
Abstrakt: The article discusses the cases of patients with autoimmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) concomitant with human herpes virus 8 (HHV8)-related multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). Topics discussed include the symptoms of TTP which is a thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), HIV infection in TMA/MCD patients, and the management of the patient through therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in combination with steroids.
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