Successful management of a Jehovah's Witness with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura unwilling to be treated with therapeutic plasma exchange |
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Authors: | Dabak Vrushali Kuriakose Philip Raman Sundara |
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Institution: | Department of Hematology-Oncology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. vdabak1@hfhs.org |
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Abstract: | Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a life-threatening disease treated successfully with plasma exchange. Jehovah's Witnesses whose religious beliefs preclude them from accepting plasma exchange may require alternative forms of therapy. We report a case of one such patient who presented with TTP, whom we successfully managed with vincristine and responded favorably without the need for plasma exchange. |
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Keywords: | thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Jehovah's Witness vincristine |
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