title: A patient with Crohn's disease who presented with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic uremic syndrome.
abstract: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)/hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is characterized with fever, purpura, anemia due to microangiopathic hemolysis, thrombocytopenia, kidney damage, and neurologic symptoms. The development of TTP/HUS during the course of inflammatory bowel diseases was rarely reported. However, coexistence of TTP/HUS and Crohn's disease in the same patient has not been reported previously. We herein present a case of TTP/HUS who presented with Crohn's disease. He responded to cyclosporine treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Sunverdi@gazi.edu.tr
authors.forename: Selman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Unverdi
authors.forename: Mevlut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceri
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akbal
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ensari
authors.forename: Rahmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inal
authors.forename: Seyfettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koklu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duranay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications