THROMBOHEMOLYTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AND LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
Authors: B M SIEGEL, I A FRIEDMAN, S KESSLER, S O SCHWARTZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 November 1957THROMBOHEMOLYTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AND LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUSBERNARD M. SIEGEL, M.D., IRVING A. FRIEDMAN, M.D., SAMUEL KESSLER, M.D., STEVEN O. SCHWARTZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.BERNARD M. SIEGEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IRVING A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL KESSLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, STEVEN O. SCHWARTZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-5-1022 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClinicians have become increasingly alert to a syndrome characterized by the association of hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and neurologic manifestations, first described by Moschcowitz1 and recently extensively reviewed by Singer.2 The number of cases reported has increased in proportion to growing awareness.The term "thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura" is in popular use for this syndrome,3 although a somewhat more descriptive name, "thrombohemolytic thrombocytopenic purpura," has also been proposed.4In the reported cases the course is always said to have been fulminating and downward from the time of the clinical appearance of the diagnostic triad; however, reëxamination of the tissues of patients who...Bibliography1. 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SCHWARTZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.*Received for publication April 21, 1956.From the Hematology Laboratory and the Hektoen Institute for Medical Research of the Cook County Hospital, Chicago.Supported by grants from the Olivia Sue Dvore, Edward Friedman and Benjamin Fishbain Foundations.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Steven O. Schwartz, M.D., 637 South Wood Street, Chicago 12, Illinois. 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