Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- 14 November 1957
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 257 (20) , 983-985
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195711142572007
Abstract
THROMBOTIC thrombocytopenic purpura is a clinical entity characterized by hemolytic anemia, fleeting and variable involvement of the central nervous system and a fatal outcome. Until recently, only 77 cases had been reported in the medical literature.1 Ten of these patients were subjected to splenectomy, with no response in 8. Gardner and his associates2 described a patient who had a nine-month remission after removal of the spleen. Meacham et al.3 reported the longest remission, in a patient who lived for three years after splenectomy.The purpose of this communication is to present a third report of successful splenectomy in a patient . . .Keywords
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- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic PurpuraBlood, 1951