Any disease or disorder of the small blood vessels. It may be a feature of conditions such as diabetes mellitus, septicaemia, eclampsia, glomerulonephritis, and advanced cancer. When microangiopathy occurs with these conditions, the small blood vessels become distorted, and red blood cells are damaged. This causes microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia (see anaemia, haemolytic)
Disease of the CAPILLARIES.
n. damage to the walls of the smallest blood vessels. It may result from a variety of diseases, including diabetes mellitus, connective-tissue diseases, infections, and cancer. Some common manifestations of microangiopathy are kidney failure, haemolysis (damage to red blood cells), and purpura (bleeding into the skin). The treatment is that of the underlying cause.
the formation of thrombi in arterioles and capillaries, leading to haemolytic anaemia and *thrombocytopenia. The term encompasses primary *haemolytic uraemic syndrome and *thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, as well as the microangiopathies that can complicate pregnancy (pregnancy-related haemolytic uraemic syndrome, *HELLP syndrome), *malignant hypertension, *scleroderma, *antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, organ transplantation, and cancer.... thrombotic microangiopathy
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