BACKGROUND The etiology of thrombocytopenia during infancy and early childhood may be different from that of older children, because young children frequently receive vaccines. The following study was performed to understand whether there was a causal relationship between vaccinations and thrombocytopenia. METHODS We retrospectively studied, through chart review, the relationship between vacc...

BACKGROUND Treatment of chronic refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a dilemma because many patients have minimal symptoms, response to treatment is uncertain, and treatments may have serious adverse effects. PURPOSE To determine the effectiveness of treatments for adult patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who have not responded to splenectomy. DATA SOURCES Englis...

In order to determine the prognostic significance of thrombocytosis in idiopathic sideroblastic anemia, the clinical courses of 17 patients were reviewed. Six patients (36%) had thrombocytosis, and none developed acute leukemia. Nine patients (53%) had normal platelet counts, and one developed acute leukemia. Two patients (12%) were thrombocytopenic, and one died of acute leukemia. There was li...

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia should be suspected in any thrombocytopenic infant born to a healthy non-thrombocytopenic mother. Nevertheless, the condition occurs in only 1 or 2/10 000 births.' More often transient neonatal immune thrombocytopenia results from maternal idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. We report the coexistence of alloimmunisation and autoimmunisation against platelet...

introduction: acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is an autoimmune bleeding disorder of childhood caused by production of auto antibodies against platelets. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) and intravenous anti-d(iv anti-d) in itp treatment. methods and materials: in a clinical trial, 43 children with acute itp referred to...

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a disseminated form of thrombotic microangiopathy. Although most cases are assumed to be idiopathic, its association with malignancy is well-recognized and it usually occurs at the terminal stage of cancer. The condition is characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. It is generally idiopathic, and its association with adenocar...

OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of splenectomy done in adult patients of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura over a period of 10 years and, secondarily, to determine the predictors of complete response to therapy. METHODS The retrospective review comprised of adult patients over 14 years of age who underwent open or laparoscopic splenectomy for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura at Aga Kh...