Subdural hemorrhage in a 32-year-old man with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Intracranial hemorrhage in adults with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare but fatal complication. We report a 32-year-old patient with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in whom subdural hemorrhage occurred without preceding trauma and resolved following treatment with steroids and platelet transfusions.
D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013355:Subdural Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed