Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: report of case.
A patient with classic symptoms of blood dyscrasia, specifically idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, failed to receive laboratory tests because the condition had gone undetected by a dentist and a physician. However, after the patient was given a provisional diagnosis supported by laboratory test results, one of the general treatment procedures for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that consisted of a regimen of corticosteroids was instituted and was proved successful. More radical procedures, such as transfusions of fresh whole blood or of fresh platelets, or a splenectomy, were unnecessary. The responsibility of a dentist to detect oral changes that are not of dental origin is emphasized.
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D009912:Oral Manifestations; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D011241:Prednisone