Acute Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Complicated with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in an Elderly Patient
| Autor: | Teppei Tanaka, Takashi Ikeda, Michihiro Uchiyama, Aritoshi Hattori, Toshio Ichiwata, Tatsuya Fujii, Takashi Miyaji, Takuya Hayashi, Yasunori Matsuki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Lung Diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics medicine.drug_class Hemorrhage Disease Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy immune system diseases hemic and lymphatic diseases Internal Medicine medicine Humans Acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Elderly patient Aged Purpura Thrombocytopenic Idiopathic business.industry Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage General Medicine medicine.disease Thrombocytopenic purpura Surgery Pulmonary Alveoli Purpura Acute Disease Corticosteroid medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 48:1449-1452 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1966 |
| Popis: | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a hemorrhagic disease that often occurs in the elderly. It generally presents as a chronic disease with insidious onset, and is frequently resistant to various therapies. Compared to patients less than 40 years old, those older than 60 years tend to show a higher rate of ITP-related mortality. The present report describes a 73-year-old patient with acute ITP who experienced diffuse alveolar hemorrhage that responded well to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy combined with corticosteroid pulse therapy. |
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