title: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura complicated with biliary atresia: a rare occurrence and literature review.
abstract: The association of biliary atresia (BA) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is extremely rare, with only 2 cases being reported in the literature. This report describes the very rare case of a 1-year-old boy with BA complicated with ITP after cholangitis and the successful steroid treatment of ITP. We review the literature on this type of relationship between BA and ITP and discuss the clinical features of this complication. Furthermore, the possible cause of the onset of ITP complicated with BA was explored in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. okadata@med.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Shouhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Satsuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Ryouji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneta
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
mesh_terms: D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone