A case report of total abdominal hysterectomy resulting in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with pancreatitis and hepatitis: Complete resolution with plasma exchange therapy

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-374

  Kathula, Satheesh K ^a,b   Koduri, Jhansi ^a   Mall, Sunita ^a   Chang, Jae C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Hepatitis; Pancreatitis; Plasma exchange; Post operative TT; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; Total abdominal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

DICYCLOVERINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038148580     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2003.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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