Acute thrombocytopenic purpura and poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis in a child.
The occurrence of acute idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura in association with poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis in a 5 1/2-year-old boy is described. This association has been reported only in two cases in the literature. We are reporting the first biopsy-proven confirmation of this association.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes