Thrombocytopenic purpura as a manifestation of acute hepatitis A.
Extrahepatic autoimmune manifestations are rare in patients with acute hepatitis A infection. We describe a 34-year-old man in whom severe autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura developed as the manifestation of acute hepatitis A infection. Thrombocytopenic purpura is rarely described in association with hepatitis A, but to our knowledge has never been reported as a manifestation of acute hepatitis A.
Cohen
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O
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
Mevorach
D
D
Ackerman
Z
Z
Oren
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000209:etiology*