The Reactivation of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura After SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease associated with bleeding symptoms and thrombocytopenia. It is diagnosed in patients with low platelet count after all the other causes of thrombocytopenia are ruled out. It can be presented as a primary condition, or it can be associated...

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Autores principales: Posa, Dheeraj Kumar, Kamoga, Gilbert Roy, Walton, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10484802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37692177
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44873
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description Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease associated with bleeding symptoms and thrombocytopenia. It is diagnosed in patients with low platelet count after all the other causes of thrombocytopenia are ruled out. It can be presented as a primary condition, or it can be associated with other diseases. We report a case of ITP in a 65-year-old female with a one-day history of spontaneous bleeding gums, bruising, and petechiae all over her body. In further review of her history, it was noted that she had a history of ITP in remission and was recovering from a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection. We have excluded all the other causes of her thrombocytopenia, and we suspected that her viral illness would likely trigger this episode. Here, we report a case of ITP reactivation after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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spelling pubmed-104848022023-09-09 The Reactivation of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Posa, Dheeraj Kumar Kamoga, Gilbert Roy Walton, Robert Cureus Internal Medicine Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease associated with bleeding symptoms and thrombocytopenia. It is diagnosed in patients with low platelet count after all the other causes of thrombocytopenia are ruled out. It can be presented as a primary condition, or it can be associated with other diseases. We report a case of ITP in a 65-year-old female with a one-day history of spontaneous bleeding gums, bruising, and petechiae all over her body. In further review of her history, it was noted that she had a history of ITP in remission and was recovering from a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection. We have excluded all the other causes of her thrombocytopenia, and we suspected that her viral illness would likely trigger this episode. Here, we report a case of ITP reactivation after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cureus 2023-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10484802/ /pubmed/37692177 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44873 Text en Copyright © 2023, Posa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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