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==Differential diagnosis== | ==Differential diagnosis== | ||
===Clinical=== | |||
The grouping includes:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid15915311>{{cite journal |author=Mayer SA, Aledort LM |title=Thrombotic microangiopathy: differential diagnosis, pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies |journal=Mt. Sinai J. Med. |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=166–75 |year=2005 |month=May |pmid=15915311 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | The grouping includes:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid15915311>{{cite journal |author=Mayer SA, Aledort LM |title=Thrombotic microangiopathy: differential diagnosis, pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies |journal=Mt. Sinai J. Med. |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=166–75 |year=2005 |month=May |pmid=15915311 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*[[Hemolytic uremic syndrome]]. | *[[Hemolytic uremic syndrome]]. | ||
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*The above cannot be differentiated on a histomorphologic basis. | *The above cannot be differentiated on a histomorphologic basis. | ||
===Histologic=== | |||
The histomorphologic [[differential diagnosis]] is: | The histomorphologic [[differential diagnosis]] is: | ||
*[[Vasculitis]]: | *[[Vasculitis]]: | ||
** | **Inflammatory cells within the vessel wall. | ||
**Vessel wall injury, i.e. [[necrosis]]. | **Vessel wall injury, i.e. [[necrosis]]. | ||