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The PLASMIC Score May Be Useful in the Early Diagnosis of Complement-Mediated Thrombotic Microangiopathy via Early Exclusion of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2019
Complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare form of thrombotic microangiopathy but has high rates of mortality and morbidity. Effective treatment exists with eculizumab for this condition, but administration of treatment is often delayed ...
Edwin Lu, Willie Moore
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Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) in a Heart Transplant Patient: A Complex Clinical-Pathologic Dilemma [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine
Drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare cause of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. Tacrolimus is a commonly used immunosuppressive agent postorgan transplant.
Mark A. Colantonio, Bailey Hixon, Kevin Felpel, Md Shahrier Amin, Tahreem Ahmad   +4 more
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Primary Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Pediatric Patients [PDF]

Global Pediatric Health
Background . Primary thrombotic microangiopathy includes hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli , atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Methodology .
Andrés David Aranzazu Ceballos MD, Lina María Martínez Sánchez MSc, Ana Paulina Pamplona Sierra MD, Daniela Vergara Yánez MD, Liliana Franco Hincapié PhD, Richard Baquero Rodriguez MD   +5 more
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Thrombotic microangiopathy after kidney transplantion

Advanced Medical Journal, 2023
Background and objectives: Thrombotic microangiopathy after kidney transplantation is rare but serious complication. The purpose of this study is to describe the cases of thrombotic microangiopathy after kidney transplantation.
Mohammad Sami Tahseen, Safa Ezzeddin Nouruldin   +1 more
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Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin and Kidney-Limited Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report

Kidney Medicine, 2022
A 64-year-old man with Kaposi sarcoma in clinical remission after treatment with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and a history of deceased-donor kidney transplantation 4 years prior presented with a slowly progressive increase in his serum creatinine ...
Sonia Rodriguez-Ramirez, Kevin Yau, Abhijat Kitchlu, Rohan John, April A.N. Rose, David Hogg, S. Joseph Kim   +6 more
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Thrombotic Microangiopathies [PDF]

ISRN Hematology, 2012
Thrombotic microangiopathy results from thrombotic occlusion of the microvasculature leading to fragmentation of red blood cells, profound thrombocytopenia, and a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with elevation of lactate dehydrogenase and negative direct Coomb’s test.
Radhi, Mohamed, Carpenter, Shannon L.
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Thrombotic microangiopathy following saw-scaled viper () envenoming in Sri Lanka

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021
The saw-scaled viper ( Echis carinatus ) is considered as a highly venomous snake in Sri Lanka. The clinical manifestations are localized pain and swelling, coagulopathy and renal impairment.
Selladurai Pirasath, Chandrakulasegeran Athirayan, Dilani Gajan   +2 more
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Basiliximab for early perioperative transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy after lung transplantation: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2022
Background Thrombotic microangiopathy is a syndrome characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and platelet aggregation, which is caused by endothelial injury, microcirculation thrombosis, and fibrin deposition.
Naohiro Ijiri, Masaaki Sato, Chihiro Konoeda, Kazuhiro Nagayama, Jun Nakajima   +4 more
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Thrombotic Microangiopathy After Kidney Transplantation: An Underdiagnosed and Potentially Reversible Entity

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare but serious complication that affects kidney transplant recipients. It appears in 0.8–14% of transplanted patients and negatively affects graft and patient survival.
Ana Ávila, Eva Gavela, Asunción Sancho
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Case report of Salmonella derby septicemia complicated with co-occurrence of disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic microangiopathy

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Both disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic microangiopathy are complications of sepsis as Salmonella septicemia, respectively.
Yingxin Lin, Lei Huang, Yunliang Tu, Bin Huang, Sheng Zhang, Yingqun Chen, Weijia Li   +6 more
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