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An Unusual Case of Post‐Transfusion Purpura: Good Transient Response to High‐Dose Immunoglobulin
Author(s) -
Chong B.H.,
Cade J.,
Smith J.A.,
Tatoulis J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1986.tb01949.x
Subject(s) - prednisolone , medicine , asymptomatic , purpura (gastropod) , antibody , surgery , immunology , gastroenterology , ecology , biology
. A 62‐year‐old woman with an unusually protracted post‐transfusion purpura failed to respond to three 3‐litre plasma exchanges and prednisolone (50 mg/day) for 10 days but then had a good though transient response to two courses of high‐dose immunoglobulin infusions with cessation of bleeding. The subsequent recurrent thrombocytopenia was mild and asymptomatic and only partially controlled by corticosteroids but finally resolved completely after 5 months.