Case report
Crohn's colitis and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Michael S Boyne, Kevin R Dye
Department of
Internal Medicine, Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital and University
of Virginia School of Medicine, 101 Elm Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA 24013, USA
Correspondence to: Dr Michael Boyne, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 333, Baltimore, MD 21287-4904, USA (e-mail: mboyne{at}welch.jhu.edu)
Submitted 29 March
1999;
Accepted 10 September 1999
A 17 year old girl with active Crohn's colitis developed
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that was managed with intravenous immune globulins and cyclosporin A. The possible association between Crohn's disease and immune thrombocytopenia is explored.
Keywords: Crohn's disease; colitis; thrombocytopenia
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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