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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to Helicobacter pylori.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is a disorder characterized by decreased platelet count that may be secondary to infectious or autoimmune etiologies. We present a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding complicated by severe thrombocytopenia. Endoscopy revealed gastritis with pathology positive...

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Publicado en:Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 60 - 62
Autores principales: Ramachandran, Lintu, Baloch, Luqman, Djirdeh, Taha Mohamed, Sidhu, Yadwinder, Gentile, Nicole, Affinati, Mario
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2022
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Sumario:Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is a disorder characterized by decreased platelet count that may be secondary to infectious or autoimmune etiologies. We present a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding complicated by severe thrombocytopenia. Endoscopy revealed gastritis with pathology positive for Helicobacter pylori. Platelet count normalized after triple antibiotic therapy. The precise mechanism by which H. pylori causes immune thrombocytopenic purpura remains unclear; however, there are several plausible mechanisms. This case highlights the importance of keeping H. pylori in the differential in patients presenting with thrombocytopenia.