Recurrent Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia and Thrombocytopenia in an Adolescent Male
Autor: | Dipti Dighe, Alejandro Llanos-Chea, Alexandra Monde, Lisa Giordano, Ivy Mulinge |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Male
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anemia Iron macromolecular substances Platelet Transfusion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ileocolonic anastomosis hemic and lymphatic diseases medicine Humans Platelet biology Anemia Iron-Deficiency business.industry musculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology Immunoglobulins Intravenous Hematology medicine.disease Thrombocytopenia Severe thrombocytopenia Platelet transfusion nervous system Oncology Iron-deficiency anemia 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health biology.protein Antibody Complication business Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 030215 immunology |
Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology. 41(2) |
ISSN: | 1536-3678 |
Popis: | An adolescent male presented with recurrent episodes over several years of severe iron deficiency anemia and associated severe thrombocytopenia. The anemia was secondary to chronic blood loss due to ulceration at the site of an ileocolonic anastomosis performed during infancy. We were able to demonstrate complete resolution of thrombocytopenia with the administration of iron, and without using steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, or platelet transfusions. This is the first reported case of an individual with multiple episodes over several years of thrombocytopenia secondary to recurrent severe iron deficiency anemia, illustrating a predisposition to this complication in a unique patient. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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