Recurrent stroke in an African female with idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report

Kwabena Oteng Agyapong; Aba Folson; Roland Wonkyi; Kelvin Amenyedor; Jeffrey J. Boateng; Kate Fiador

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6860

Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2023)

Recurrent stroke in an African female with idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report

Kwabena Oteng Agyapong,
Aba Folson,
Roland Wonkyi,
Kelvin Amenyedor,
Jeffrey J. Boateng,
Kate Fiador

Affiliations

Kwabena Oteng Agyapong: Department of Internal Medicine Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ridge – Accra Ghana
Aba Folson: School of Medicine University of Health and Allied Sciences Ho Ghana
Roland Wonkyi: Department of Internal Medicine Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ridge – Accra Ghana
Kelvin Amenyedor: Department of Internal Medicine Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ridge – Accra Ghana
Jeffrey J. Boateng: Eastern Regional Hospital Koforidua Ghana
Kate Fiador: Department of Haematology Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ridge – Accra Ghana

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6860
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract We report on a young Ghanaian female who was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) but had an ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. She was successfully treated with therapeutic plasma exchange. This case illustrates how TTP can masquerade as ischemic stroke and the application of PLASMIC score without ADAMTS‐13 assay in risk prediction.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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