Mohammad A Hossain, Nasim Ahmed, Varsha Gupta, Ravneet Bajwa, Marjan Alidoost, Arif Asif, Tushar Vachharajani
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is characterized by systemic microvascular thrombosis, target organ injury, anemia and thrombocytopenia. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and Shiga toxin E-coli-related hemolytic uremic syndrome are the three common forms of TMAs. Traditionally, TMA is encountered during pregnancy/postpartum period, malignant hypertension, systemic infections, malignancies, autoimmune disorders, etc. Recently, the patients presenting with trauma have been reported to suffer from TMA...
March 2021: Chinese Journal of Traumatology