Purpura and Pancytopenia Complicating Arsenotherapy

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with terminal pancytopenia.

A 27 year old housewife developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura during the twelfth week of pregnancy. She had partial response to initial plasma infusion and subsequent plasmapheresis. However, her clinical course was complicated by the development of severe pancytopenia the consequence of a hypocellular marrow. She succumbed to septicaemic shock one month after diagnosis. The development...

Thrombocytopenic purpura complicating infectious mononucleosis.

Sjogren's syndrome complicating pancytopenia, cerebral hemorrhage, and damage in nervous system

RATIONALE Sjogren's syndrome(SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which damages exocrine glands especially salivary and lacrimal glands, with xerostomia and xerophthalmia as common symptoms. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of a 49-year-old woman presented with pancytopenia. Her laboratory examinations lead us diagnose her as Sjogren's syndrome complicating pancytopenia. She had neurological...

Acute arterial thrombotic purpura complicating varicella and the role of hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunctive therapy.

Chickenpox is a common infectious disease of the pediatric age group with rare complications such as hemorrhagic varicella and arterial thrombotic purpura. Medical support is the mainstay of treatment in such cases but for the rescue of necrotic tissues, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy should be applied in addition to anticoagulant intervention. We report an infant with acute arterial thromboti...

Posttransplantation and pancytopenia.

A 33-year-old female with a history of a live related renal transplant on azathioprine and prednisolone and tacrolimus was asymptomatic until 3 years later when she developed low-grade fever, epigastric discomfort, and headache. She had hepatosplenomegaly but no lymphadenopathy. Complete blood counts revealed pancytopenia with hemoglobin 79g/L, leukocyte count 2.6 109/L, platelet count 38 109/L...