Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (CITP) is a diagnosis of exclusion that occurs either de novo or secondary to other underlying disorders. Chronic infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are now well-characterized causes of CITP. Between 6% and 15% of patients infected with HIV may develop thrombocytopenia. Patients with CITP with risk factors for HI...

Background: Quality of life has been used as an important tool to understand illnesses impact in recent decades. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a chronic disease which affects the individuals’ quality of life. The present study was conducted to compare the quality of life among idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura patients’ with healthy people. Patients and Methods: This was a descri...

Immune mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common manifestation of autoimmune disease in children. Although patients often present with bruises, petechiae, and some mucosal bleeding, the incidence of life-threatening hemorrhage is rare (0.2-0.9%) but can be fatal when presenting in vital organs. A wide range of therapeutic regimens are currently in use, including observation alone, as the majo...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is rare. We describe a case of AMI in patient with ITP. An 81-year-old woman presented with acute inferoposterior MI with low platelet count on admission (34,000/µl). Coronary angiography revealed significant mid right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis with thrombus, subsequently underwent successful percutane...

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Hepatitis A is common in children and usually is a self-limiting disease. Although extrahepatic and hematological immune manifestations following acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have rarely been reported, they are frequently observed in other viral hepatitis. In this paper, we report the case of a 3-year-old girl who developed immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and hemolytic anemia a...

Because of the rareness reports about immune thrombocytopenic purpura patients undergoing cardiac surgery, there is no sufficient knowledge perioperative strategies. In this article, we report a 42-year-old female patient with severe mitral regurgitation and large right atrial thrombus, in whom thrombocytopenia had disappeared after valve replacement thrombectomy from atrium. Large thrombi shou...

Severe thrombocytopenia is a cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with COVID-19 infection. The common causes in these are; sepsis, drug-associated, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), heparin-associated (HIT), microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA). Recently, cases infection-associated Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have been reported the literature. In our study, we...