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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is one of the main complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). At the time of onset of gut TMA, a patient developed a high titer of an inhibitor of the non-immunoglobulin G type to ADAMTS13, which physiologically hydrolyzes von Willebrand factor to control spontaneous intravascular thrombus formation. The patient developed symptoms of myositis, a disorder that has occasionally been reported to manifest after HSCT and to resemble some idiopathic autoimmune diseases. However, a muscle biopsy specimen presented pathologic findings of TMA, including microvascular platelet thrombus formation, without inflammatory lymphocyte infiltration. ADAMTS13 activities returned to normal after steroid treatment, and the improvement of TMA symptoms followed. This patient appears to represent a rare case of post-HSCT TMA associated with the development of an ADAMTS13 inhibitor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0925-5710
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
415-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
High titer of ADAMTS13 inhibitor associated with thrombotic microangiopathy of the gut and skeletal muscle after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't