Chapin, J., Wekslezr, B., Magro, C. & Laurence, J. (2012) Eculizumab in the treatment of refractory idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. British Journal of Haematology, 157, 772–774. Furlan, M., Robles, R., Galbusera, M., Remuzzi, G., Kyrle, P.A., Brenner, B., Krause, M., Scharrer, I., Aumann, V., Mittler, U., Solenthaler, M. & Lammle, B. (1998) von Willebrand factor-cleaving proteas...

Introduction: Recent studies have shown a relationship between H. pylori and chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic pur-

introduction: homeopathy can be applied to treat various diseases and conditions such as cancer, allergy, mood disorders, headache and pain. this case showed that homeopathic medicine can be a treatment modality for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp), an autoimmune-mediated hematologic disorder. case presentation: the patient was a 5.5–year-old child with itp who referred to the homeopat...

Objective: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is the most malignant variant of microangiopathy that usually presents by typical symptoms including thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, neurological abnormalities, fever and renal impairment. Report of the Case: We report a 12-year-old male presented by cytopenia, fever, purpura on his extremities, seizure and lethargy. Peripheral blood sm...

May-Hegglin anomaly is a hereditary thrombocytopenia associated with giant platelets and large basophilic, cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (resembling Döhle bodies) in the granulocytes. Patients may experience easy bruising, recurrent epistaxis, gingival bleeding, menorrhagia and sometimes excessive bleeding associated with surgical procedures. Failure to appropriately diagnose May-Hegglin anomaly...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) was first identified in 1996, and is typically caused by acute hypertension, renal decompensation, fluid retention, and treatment with immunosuppressants. Predisposing conditions include hypertension, eclampsia, autoimmune disease, leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic ...

It is well known that idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura occurs most commonly during childhood but its incidence is difficult to estimate. MacFarlane (1960) found that in 737 cases 45 per cent were aged 15 years and younger, while Wintrobe (1956) noted that in childhood purpura was most frequent between the ages of two and eight years. The disease is uncommon in the general population. The pre...

That a humoral factor was the causative agent in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was suggested nearly 30 years ago after the observation that mothers with the disease often give birth to children who develop transient thrombocytopenia.1 Maternal platelet autoantibodies were presumed to pass into the fetal circulation. With present techniques2 3 platelet autoantibodies are detectable in most...

unitermos abstract Accurate and precise platelet counting is crucial for recommending platelets transfusion for thrombocytopenic patients, principally when platelet counts are bellow 30,000/μl. As most laboratories still use the indirect methods for confirming low automated platelet counts, this work compared two indirect methods used in practice (Fonio and Nosanchunk et al.) with the Internati...