Concomitant acral necrosis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome following ingestion of quinine.

Thrombotic microangiopathy, which broadly includes thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP) and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), is a multisystemic disorder that is characterised by thrombocytopaenia, microangiopathic haemolytic anemia and ischaemic manifestations, resulting from platelet agglutination in the arterial microvasculature. Acral necrosis (distal necrosis of fingers and toes) occurs usually as a sequel to severe Raynaud′s phenomenon, a vasculospastic disorder frequently related to endothelial cell dysfunction. We report a case of quinine induced TTP-HUS and acral necrosis, two distinct clinical abnormalities which have not yet been reported together in association with quinine. Both of these conditions in this case resolved promptly to treatment with corticosteroids..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2002

Erschienen:

2002

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - 48(2002), 3, Seite 197-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Agarwal N [VerfasserIn]
Cherascu B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Administration & dosage
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Adverse effects
Aged
Biopsy
Case Report
Chemically induced
Complications
Drug therapy
Follow-Up Studies
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Human
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Medicine
Necrosis
Needle
Pathology
Purpura
Quinine
R
Risk Assessment
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic
Toes
Treatment Outcome

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