Immune thrombocytopenic purpura as sole manifestation in a case of acute hepatitis A

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec;16(4):217-9.

Abstract

Acute hepatitis due to hepatitis A virus is usually a benign selflimiting disease during childhood. Although many viral infections such as hepatitis B virus, Parvovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus are associated with extrahepatic autoimmune phenomena, such manifestations are rare in patients with acute hepatitis A infection. Immune thrombocytopenia is a benign, self-limiting disease in children, responding well to treatment and generally associated with viral infections. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is rarely reported as a manifestation of acute hepatitis A. We report a five-year-old boy with immune thrombocytopenic purpura as the sole manifestation of anicteric acute hepatitis A infection. Acute hepatitis A should be included in the differential diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis A / complications*
  • Hepatitis A / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / diagnosis
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / etiology*