Table 4.

Complications seen prior to cTTP diagnosis in adult patients for which no other clear causative factor was found

ComplicationNo. (% of total)
Facial palsy 2 (2.8) 
Miscarriage/stillbirth* 8 (11) 
Pulmonary hemorrhage 1 (1.4) 
Retinal vein thrombosis 1 (1.4) 
Seizures 1 (1.4) 
Stroke/TIA* 18 (25) 
Third-trimester pregnancy complications excluding miscarriage* 4 (5.6) 
Visual defects 3 (4.2) 
ComplicationNo. (% of total)
Facial palsy 2 (2.8) 
Miscarriage/stillbirth* 8 (11) 
Pulmonary hemorrhage 1 (1.4) 
Retinal vein thrombosis 1 (1.4) 
Seizures 1 (1.4) 
Stroke/TIA* 18 (25) 
Third-trimester pregnancy complications excluding miscarriage* 4 (5.6) 
Visual defects 3 (4.2) 
*

The number of patients who had miscarriages or stroke/TIAs rather than the total number of events; third-trimester complications seen were antepartum hemorrhage, fetal distress, placental abruption, and preeclampsia.

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