POSTTRANSFUSION PURPURA DUE TO HPA-1A IMMUNIZATION IN A MALE-PATIENT - RESPONSE TO SUBSEQUENT MULTIPLE HPA-1A-INCOMPATIBLE RED-CELL TRANSFUSIONS

We report a male patient who developed post-transfusion purpura. Throm bocytopenia did not recur when intravenous IgG was given before the tr ansfusion of platelet-depleted washed red-cell concentrates.