Response of anti-D in a case of immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to acute hepatitis A
JIMDC-Journal of Islamabad Medical and Dental College. 2012; 1 (1): 39-40
in English
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| ID: emr-138249
ABSTRACT
Acute hepatitis A is usually a benign and self-limiting disease. Although many viral infections such as hepatitis B virus, Parvovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus are associated with extrahepatic autoimmune phenomena, such manifestations are rare in patients with acute hepatitis A infection. Immune thrombocytopenia is a benign, self-limiting disease in children, responding well to treatment and generally associated with viral infections. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura [ITP] is rarely reported as a manifestation of acute hepatitis A. We report a case of four and a half years old boy with immune thrombocytopenic purpura as a manifestation of acute hepatitis A infection which responded to Anti-D. Acute hepatitis A should be included in the differential diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic
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Herpesvirus 4, Human
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Isoantibodies
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Islamabad Med. Dent. Coll.
Year:
2012
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