TTP, ET, and ITP Sequential Occurrence in a Single Patient: a Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are three separate disease entities that affect the platelets. Each has a different pathophysiology clinical presentation and consequences. We present a case where TTP, ET, and ITP were diagnosed in the same patient at different times of her clinical course with the aim of drawing the attention to this undocumented occurrence which remains under investigation.