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Recurrent stroke in an African female with idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report

Published:2023-01 Issue:1 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Agyapong Kwabena Oteng¹^ORCID,Folson Aba²,Wonkyi Roland¹,Amenyedor Kelvin¹,Boateng Jeffrey J.³,Fiador Kate⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Internal Medicine Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ridge – Accra Ghana

2. School of Medicine University of Health and Allied Sciences Ho Ghana

3. Eastern Regional Hospital Koforidua Ghana

4. Department of Haematology Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ridge – Accra Ghana

Abstract

AbstractWe report on a young Ghanaian female who was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) but had an ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. She was successfully treated with therapeutic plasma exchange. This case illustrates how TTP can masquerade as ischemic stroke and the application of PLASMIC score without ADAMTS‐13 assay in risk prediction.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.6860

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