Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis

We report on a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and decompensated cirrhosis who experienced a favourable outcome of severe immune thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP) after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin and high-dose dexamethasone. The present case suggests that it is reaso...

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Autores principales: Artru, Florent, Alberio, Lorenzo, Moradpour, Darius, Stalder, Grégoire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Unusual Association of Diseases/Symptoms
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7342180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32641442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-236815
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author Artru, Florent
Alberio, Lorenzo
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description We report on a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and decompensated cirrhosis who experienced a favourable outcome of severe immune thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP) after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin and high-dose dexamethasone. The present case suggests that it is reasonable to evoke ITP in case of profound thrombocytopaenia in a patient with COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-73421802020-07-09 Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis Artru, Florent Alberio, Lorenzo Moradpour, Darius Stalder, Grégoire BMJ Case Rep Unusual Association of Diseases/Symptoms We report on a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and decompensated cirrhosis who experienced a favourable outcome of severe immune thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP) after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin and high-dose dexamethasone. The present case suggests that it is reasonable to evoke ITP in case of profound thrombocytopaenia in a patient with COVID-19. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7342180/ /pubmed/32641442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-236815 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ's website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained. https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage
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Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
title Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
title_full Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
title_fullStr Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
title_full_unstemmed Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
title_short Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
title_sort acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with covid-19 and decompensated cirrhosis
topic Unusual Association of Diseases/Symptoms
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7342180/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-236815
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