DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i12.004

Pages: 893-895

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare disease characterized with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, fever, kidney damage and neurologic symptoms. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was reported in the course of many causes such as inflammatory diseases, malignancies, infections, autoimmune disorders, stem cell trans¬plantation and drug administrations. There are only few cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with crohn disease was reported in the literature. We describe a 30 year old patient who presented with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with crohn disease. She was treated succesfully with plasmapheresis.