Pearls and oy-sters: acute ischemic stroke caused by atypical thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Neurology. 2013 May 28;80(22):e235-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318294b423.

Abstract

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is an episodic microangiopathic coagulopathy characterized by profound thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia. Neurovascular complications, including stroke and TIA, occur commonly upon initial TTP presentation, and the underlying etiology of such neurologic manifestations is usually hinted by the concomitant hematologic abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Ischemia / blood
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic* / blood
  • Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic* / complications
  • Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic* / diagnosis
  • Stroke / blood
  • Stroke / etiology*