Rare Presentation of Refractory Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Jejunal Stricture

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare thrombotic disease characterized by episodes of thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia due to disseminated microvascular thrombosis. thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was first described in 1924 by moschowitz as a disease presenting with a pentad of signs and symptoms (anemia,thrombocytopenia,fever,hemiparesis and hematuria). previous studies have described atypical manifestations of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura such as hemolysis,anemia and thrombosis. © 2017 international journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research,all right reserved.