MULTIPLE CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS IN A PATIENT WITH REFRACTORY IDIOPATHICTHROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Authors
OTSUKI T FUNAKAWA T SUGIHARA T KANZAKI A WADA H INOUE T YAMADA O UEKI A YAWATA Y
Citation
T. Otsuki et al., MULTIPLE CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS IN A PATIENT WITH REFRACTORY IDIOPATHICTHROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA, Journal of internal medicine, 241(3), 1997, pp. 249-252
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09546820
Volume
241
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
249 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6820(1997)241:3<249:MCIIAP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Multiple cerebral infarctions were observed in a patient with refracto ry idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who was positive for lupus anti coagulant (LAC) when her platelet counts were 2000 mu L(-1). It is sus pected that LAC may have played an important role in the pathogenesis of this patient's cerebral infarctions, although she had severe thromb ocytopenia.