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| Micro      = microvascular occlusion with "loose" intimal thickening - fluffy appearing intima, fibrin entrapped RBCs, +/-onion skin-like appearance (chronic change)  
| Micro      = microvascular occlusion with "loose" intimal thickening - fluffy appearing intima, fibrin entrapped RBCs, +/-onion skin-like appearance (chronic change)  
| Subtypes  = acute, chronic
| Subtypes  = acute, chronic
| LMDDx      = [[vasculitis]]
| LMDDx      = [[vasculitis]], small vessel
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        =
| IHC        =
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| Prognosis  =
| Prognosis  =
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| ClinDDx    = DDx for TMA: [[malignant hypertension]], [[DIC]], [[APLA]] in [[SLE]], [[scleroderma]] renal crisis, [[HIV]] associated [[TTP]], reaction to chemotherapy, [[calcineurin inhibitor toxicity]]
| Tx        = dependent on underlying cause
| Tx        = dependent on underlying cause
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'''Thrombotic microangiopathy''', abbreviated '''TMA''', is a group of disorders affecting small blood vessels. ''Microangiopathic'' is a disease affecting small blood vessels.<ref>URL: [http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/one/000005089.htm http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/one/000005089.htm]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref>
'''Thrombotic microangiopathy''', abbreviated '''TMA''', is a group of disorders affecting small blood vessels. ''Microangiopathic'' is a disease affecting small [[blood vessels]].<ref>URL: [http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/one/000005089.htm http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/one/000005089.htm]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref>


==Differential diagnosis==
==Differential diagnosis==