Disseminated Malignancy Misdiagnosed as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Report of 10 Patients and a Systematic Review of Published Cases-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Disseminated Malignancy Misdiagnosed as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Report of 10 Patients and a Systematic Review of Published Cases

Published:2007-01-01 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:11-19
ISSN:1083-7159
Container-title:The Oncologist
language:en
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Author:

Francis Kristin K.¹,Kalyanam Nalini¹,Terrell Deirdra R.¹,Vesely Sara K.¹,George James N.¹

Affiliation:

1. Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Abstract

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: List the diagnostic criteria for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.Describe how occult disseminated malignancy can mimic the clinical features of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.Identify the clinical clues that indicate additional diagnostic evaluation for possible malignancy in a patient with suspected thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. CME Access and take the CME test online and receive 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ at CME.TheOncologist.com

Funder

The Hematology Research Fund

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1634/theoncologist.12-1-11

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