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A CT slice of the left upper abdomen showing a large filling defect (arrow) with thickened folds at the cardia of the stomach (S).
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In order to rule out underling malignancy a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest and abdomen was performed and showed an intraluminal thickening of 3.5 cm size in the stomach (Figure 1).
The graph illustrates the patient's platelet levels (per 1000) with different types of treatments. From the data, it is apparent that after the patient was given antibiotics the platelet levels were both stabilized and remained within normal limits.
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Soon after completion of antibiotics therapy TTP regressed and platelets count returned to normal (Figure 2).