The clinical course of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is characterized by recurrent disease episodes in up to 50% of cases. The clinical presentation and severity of different TTP episodes have not been systematically compared. Laboratory and clinical information from 51 patients with recurrent disease, derived from 136 patients with TTP included in the Milan TTP registry (URL: http://www.ttpdatabase.org), were used to compare mortality, symptoms and disease-related laboratory measurements in different disease episodes. The prevalence of severe neurological symptoms (coma, seizures, and focal neurological defects) was significantly lower in recurrences than in the first episode. Platelet counts and haemoglobin levels at presentation were higher in recurrences than in the first disease episode, and lactate dehydrogenase levels were lower. Also, mortality tended to be lower in the second and third disease episodes than in the first. Recurrences of TTP are generally milder than first episodes. These differences in severity should be taken into account in clinical research on TTP and in patient management
Different clinical severity of first episodes and recurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura / L.A. Lotta, M.G. Mariani, D. Consonni, I. Mancini, R. Palla, A. Maino, D. Vucelic, M. Pizzuti, P.M. Mannucci, F. Peyvandi. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0007-1048. - 151:5(2010 Dec), pp. 488-494.
Different clinical severity of first episodes and recurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
L.A. LottaPrimo
;M.G. MarianiSecondo
;I. Mancini;R. Palla;A. Maino;P.M. MannucciPenultimo
;F. PeyvandiUltimo
2010
Abstract
The clinical course of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is characterized by recurrent disease episodes in up to 50% of cases. The clinical presentation and severity of different TTP episodes have not been systematically compared. Laboratory and clinical information from 51 patients with recurrent disease, derived from 136 patients with TTP included in the Milan TTP registry (URL: http://www.ttpdatabase.org), were used to compare mortality, symptoms and disease-related laboratory measurements in different disease episodes. The prevalence of severe neurological symptoms (coma, seizures, and focal neurological defects) was significantly lower in recurrences than in the first episode. Platelet counts and haemoglobin levels at presentation were higher in recurrences than in the first disease episode, and lactate dehydrogenase levels were lower. Also, mortality tended to be lower in the second and third disease episodes than in the first. Recurrences of TTP are generally milder than first episodes. These differences in severity should be taken into account in clinical research on TTP and in patient managementFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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