A 73 year-old patient with thrombocytopenia and a giant cerebral vascular malformation
Salgado Ordóñez, F.; Fuentes López, T.; Cuenca Guerrero, A.; Gavilán Carrasco, J.C.; Bermúdez Recio, F.J.; González Santos, P.
Anales de Medicina Interna 15(9): 481-482
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-7199 PMID: 10079539 Document Number: 487202
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.