title: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura presenting as postmyringotomy hemorrhage.
abstract: Acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura has an annual incidence of about 4 per 100000 children and usually presents after a viral illness with new-onset petechiae, easy bruisability, and, occasionally, mucosal bleeding. It usually follows an uneventful course en route to a spontaneous recovery. We describe a patient with chronic otitis media who developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura as a postmyringotomy complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sale
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Halstead
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009225:Myringoplasty; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D010976:Platelet Count; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis