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Elective splenectomy in relapsing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Haematologica
|November 27, 1998
Abstract:
Between 20 and 40% of surviving patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) have relapses. Plasma exchange therapy is usually effective in treating relapses, but this treatment does not prevent TTP recurrence. The role of splenectomy in relapsing TTP is still controversial. We describe a patient with multiple relapses of TTP who was successfully treated with elective splenectomy.