Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Acute Hepatitis A Infection

Am J Med. 2021 Jun;134(6):e396-e397. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.10.045. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

Authors

Chandler D Montgomery¹, Eric J Hall², Rachael Pellegrino², Elizabeth Ann Yakes³, Jennifer R Green⁴

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: chandler.d.montgomery@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
⁴ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

PMID: 33316245
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.10.045

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

ADAMTS13 Protein / analysis
ADAMTS13 Protein / blood
Abdominal Pain / etiology
Adult
Biomarkers / analysis
Biomarkers / blood
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Hepatitis A / complications*
Hepatitis A / diagnosis*
Hepatitis A virus / pathogenicity
Humans
Male
Plasma Exchange / methods
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / etiology*
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / physiopathology
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / virology

Substances

Biomarkers
ADAMTS13 Protein