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Mixed connective tissue disease

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare connective tissue disorder combining clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), polymyositis (PM) (see these terms) and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Hemolytic anemia

A type of anemia caused by premature destruction of red blood cells (hemolysis).

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22579274 (4293699)	FEMALE	Adult
	Differentiating scleroderma renal crisis from other causes of thrombotic microangiopathy in a postpartum patient.
	Abudiab M, Krause ML, Fidler ME, Nath KA, Norby SM. Clin Nephrol. 2013;80(4):293-7.
	We describe the case of a 25-year-old woman with an undefined mixed connective tissue disease who presented 6 weeks post-partum with fever, transient aphasia, thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and acute kidney injury eventually requiring initiation of hemodialysis.