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Case Reports
[Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and ankylosing spondylarthritis. Apropos of a case].
- B Pallot-Prades, V Benvenuto, G Riffat, and C Alexandre.
- Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bellevue, Saint-Etienne.
- Rev Med Interne. 1993 Feb 1; 14 (2): 115-6.
AbstractThe authors report a case of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) which revealed a hitherto unrecognized ankylosing spondylitis. After a 4-year follow-up, the spondylitis is still progressing in its axial and/or peripheral form, and TTP has not relapsed. TTP is usually primary, but numerous forms consecutive to various diseases, and notably autoimmune diseases, have been reported. The TTP-ankylosing spondylitis association is extremely rare: analysis of the literature yielded only one case. The authors discuss the hypothesis of a common triggering factor.
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