Atypical uremic hemolytic syndrome
A subdiagnosed entity?
Keywords:
HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME, THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES, PLASMA EXCHANGE
Abstract
Thrombotic microangiopathy (MAT) is an anatomo-pathological condition characterized by a lesion in the arterial wall with parietal thickening, edema and endothelial cells detached from the basement membrane. Clinically it is seen as a hemolytic microangiopathic anaemia, microvascular occlusion due to platelete count and thrombocytopenia. It could be a consequence of a primary alteration in the complex system that regulates the relationship between the endothelio and coagulation or occur within the context of a systemic alteration. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (PPT) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) are two phenotypes of the disease. Availability of therapeutic tools calls for the fast acknowledgement of this pathogenic mechanism to start up early therapeutic. The study presents two cases of atypical HUS and based on that reviews the main diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects.
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(4) George JN, Vesely SK, Terrell DR. The Oklahoma Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) Registry: a community perspective of patients with clinically diagnosed TTP-HUS. Semin Hematol 2004; 41(1):60-7.
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(7) George JN. Clinical practice: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. N Engl J Med 2006; 354(18):1927-35.
(8) Gadea M del P, Varela G, Bernadá M, Sirok A, Mota MI, Sabelli R, et al. Primer aislamiento en Uruguay de Escherichia coli productora de toxina Shiga del serotipo O157:H7 en una niña con síndrome urémico hemolítico. Rev Méd Urug 2004; 20(1):79–81.
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Silvariño R, Pérez G, Canzani O, Larre Borges P, Acosta N, Noboa Óscar. Atypical uremic hemolytic syndrome. Rev. Méd. Urug. [Internet]. 2014Mar.31 [cited 2024May14];30(1):56-4. Available from: http://www2.rmu.org.uy/ojsrmu311/index.php/rmu/article/view/260
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