title: Optic atrophy as a complication of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
abstract: A five-month-old girl with optic atrophy presented porencephaly on computerized tomography of the brain. Diffuse intracranial hemorrhages occurred in the neonatal period as a result of thrombocytopenia. As the maternal platelets were negative for the platelet antigens, the diagnosis of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia was made. The present case shows that optic atrophy as a single finding can lead to the diagnosis of a rare disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ghent, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elewaut
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meire
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Coster
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Egmond
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed