[A 73 year-old patient with thrombocytopenia and a giant cerebral vascular malformation]

An Med Interna. 1998 Sep;15(9):481-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of a patient who was seen by purpura and thrombocytopenia. The differential diagnosis in this patient included the presence of cerebral giant vascular malformation, the intake antiepileptic drugs and the presence of a chronic liver disease caused by viral hepatitis C infection. However the final diagnoses of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura was made because of the presence of antiplatelets antibodies, the fluctuate evolution, and the increase of platelet count after costicosteroid therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / complications
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / diagnosis*