[Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Report of 2 cases]

The authors present a report on thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a 63-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man. In both the disease was diagnosed in vivo. In the first case the patient died in the fulminant stage, in the second case, treated for three weeks, death occurred after an infectious complication. In the first case necropsy confirmed the florid stage of the disease, in the second case only late non-specific changes were detected. The varied and prolonged history of the second case can be explained by repeated attacks of the disease, the last one being fatal.