abstract background immune thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a common autoimmune bleeding condition in children that is characterized by a decrease in the platelet count. the aims of this study were to define epidemiologic features of patients with primary itp who were admitted to mofid children's hospital, tehran, iran, in a 5-year period. methods we retrospectively studied the records of pati...

background: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a disease that commonly affects women of reproductive age and is associated with maternal and fetal complications. objective: the aim of the present study was to report the perinatal outcome in pregnant women with itp. materials and methods: twenty one pregnant women with itp admitted in a teaching hospital in tehran, from october 2008 to...

S ALTZSTEIN,’ AND LANDING ET AL,2 in 1961 described the occurrence of lipid laden histiocytes in spleens examined in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura following splenectomy. These workers suggested that these changes were due to an accumulation of lipids following the ingestion of platelets by the splenic reticuloendothelial system. Similar interpretations have been made by Hill...

The occurrence of thrombocytopenic purpura in babies born to mothers with idiopathic thrombocytopenia is a well recognized though uncommon clinical entity. Robson and Walker (1951) were able to collect from the literature only 19 definite and nine probable examples of this association. The suggestion of Epstein, Lozner, Cobbey and Davidson (1950) that this type of congenital thrombocytopenic pu...

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children usually a self limiting disorder. It may follow a viral infection or immunisation and is caused by an inappropriate response of the immune system. About 20-30% of children will fail to remit over six months (chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura). This is more likely in older children, especially girls. The disease is reviewed with reference...

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INTRODUCTION Treatment of the rare cases of patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with acute coronary syndrome can be a significant problem. The patient in our case report was treated successfully with percutaneous coronary intervention. CASE PRESENTATION A 51-year-old man of Turkish origin who had idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was admitted to our hospital with sever...

BACKGROUND Corticosteroid or intravenous immunoglobulin is used in the management of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura during pregnancy. CASE PRESENTATION A patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura had a previous history of interrupted pregnancy due to severe thrombocytopenia, and was unresponsive to high doses of corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin. Immediately following...

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an infrequent yet well-recognized complication of viral infections, such as mumps, rubella, varicella, cytomegalovirus, parvovirus and infectious monunucleosis by Epstein-Barr virus. Some recent studies have described a possible association between Henoch-Schonlein purpura, a non-thrombocytopenic purpura, and seropositivity for Bartonella henselae, but in the ...