title: [Surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and consumption coagulopathy: a case report].
abstract: A 68-year-old man who had abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) associated with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and consumption coagulopathy was successfully operated upon. The count of platelet was improved from 1.4 x 10(4)/microL to 8.0 x 10(4)/microL by the preoperative treatment with gamma-globulin (400mg/kg/day for 5 days) and heparin sodium (10000-15000 unit/day). Abdominal aortic aneurysm was replaced with a Y-shaped knitted Dacron graft, and splenectomy was performed for ITP. No severe hemorrhagic diathesis was encountered during and after the operation. This is the first report of surgical treatment of AAA associated with ITP and consumption coagulopathy.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications*