Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children: case reports of spontaneous recovery without splenectomy.
Children with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura generally show a favorable outcome with a high spontaneous recovery rate even many years after the initial diagnosis. In this retrospective study, 5 out of 12 children with chronic ITP achieved a spontaneous recovery. A careful follow-up appears to be adequate for most of the patients, reserving splenectomy to the rare severely affected patients.
Ruggiero
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Division of Paediatric Oncology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. ruggiero@rm.unicatt.it
Annunziata
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Lazzareschi
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Ridola
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Attinà
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Riccardi
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count; D011336:Probability; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data