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Testicular thrombotic microangiopathy: An unrecognized complication.

Anthony SabulskiSara SzaboKasiani C MyersStella M DaviesSonata Jodele
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2021)
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) causes global endothelial damage and multiorgan injury. No study has described reproductive organ involvement in TMA. Our study aimed to characterize testicular involvement in TMA. We reviewed autopsies from four patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) complicated by TMA. Three patients had striking histologic evidence of TMA, while the fourth had normal testicular histology. This suggests that TMA injures the testicles and may adversely affect fertility. There is now an urgent need for a larger analysis of reproductive organ involvement in TMA.
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