Síndrome hemolítica urêmica: diagnóstico precoce e acompanhamento em apresentações incomuns

Abstract

This editorial discusses hemolytic uremic syndrome, defined as the presence of the classic triad: microcytic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. 1 It may present in 90% of cases in the typical form, following a diarrheal episode associated with infection by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, or in the atypical form, associated with dysfunction of the alternative pathway of the complement system resulting from genetic conditions or secondary causes,1, 2 such as that described in this editorial.