Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Secondary to Sarcoidosis.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- BARLAS, Aisha; RAMACHANDRAN, Lintu
- Source
- Maedica - a Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p250-252. 3p.
- Subject
- *SARCOIDOSIS
*IDIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura
*ANTIBODY formation
*PULMONARY manifestations of general diseases
- Language
- ISSN
- 1841-9038
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease involving multiple organs with predominantly pulmonary manifestations. Severe thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare hematologic manifestation of sarcoidosis. Immune thrombocytopenia is usually characterized by excessive antibody production leading to platelet destruction. There are a few reported cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to sarcoidosis, but the pathophysiologic mechanism remains unknown. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented severe thrombocytopenia and was found to have immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to sarcoidosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]