Acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura presenting a high serum level of immunoglobulin E and eosinophilia in an elderly patient.
An 80-year-old Japanese woman having acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura presented with an increased serum level of IgE and eosinophilia. No evidence for allergic, parasitic, collagen or malignant diseases was observed. The disease subsided with prednisolone therapy and she has been in remission for three years. Our case is one of the oldest ITP patients with increased IgE and eosinophilia.
Department of Medicine, Kusatsu Branch Hospital, Gunma University Hospital, Japan.
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H
Kurabayashi
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Y
Yoshida
H
H
Handa
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T
Akiba
K
K
Itoh
J
J
Tamura
K
K
Kubota
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*
D007073:Immunoglobulin E