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Recurrent stroke in an African female with idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report.

Kwabena Oteng Agyapong, Aba Folson, Roland Wonkyi, Kelvin Amenyedor, Jeffrey J Boateng, Kate Fiador
Clinical Case Reports 2023 January
We report on a young Ghanaian female who was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) but had an ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. She was successfully treated with therapeutic plasma exchange. This case illustrates how TTP can masquerade as ischemic stroke and the application of PLASMIC score without ADAMTS-13 assay in risk prediction.

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