title: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: MR findings.
abstract: Neurologic manifestations occur in over 90% of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Neuropathologically, thrombi produce occlusion of terminal arterioles and capillaries resulting in diffuse small infarcts. In the great majority of surviving patients, brain CT does not disclose any abnormalities. The authors report a case of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in which brain MR examination showed multiple punctate lesions in the white matter.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hopital de Bellevue, St. Etienne, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tardy
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Convers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mismetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barral
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis