Recuperação de púrpura trombocitopênica trombótica em paciente com HIV antes do início de terapia antirretroviral: Um relato de caso
Luan Filipe Viana Saldanha, Luciana Reis de Almeida Braga, João Victor Cinicio Cavalcanti, Marçal Durval Siqueira Paiva Júnior · 2026
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Luan Filipe Viana Saldanha, of Hospital Agamenon Magalhães in Brazil, led a Portuguese-language case report published in 2026 on thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with HIV. In this rare, potentially fatal disorder, autoantibodies disable a protein that keeps blood from clotting in tiny vessels. In HIV patients it is hard to separate the immune form from vessel damage caused by the virus itself, and the distinction changes treatment.
The patient was a thirty-five-year-old man with severe anemia from destroyed red blood cells and very low platelets, who tested positive for HIV. A standard score indicated high probability of the immune form. Daily plasma exchange and corticosteroids raised his platelets sharply and cut a damage marker within five days, before antiretroviral therapy began.
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| CREATOR | Luan Filipe Viana Saldanha, Luciana Reis de Almeida Braga, João Victor Cinicio Cavalcanti, Marçal Durval Siqueira Paiva Júnior |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | OpenAlex / Research Society and Development |