Immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to endometriosis

Haematologica. 1997 Sep-Oct;82(5):602-3.

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) secondary to endometriosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case presenting such an association. Surgical eradication of the endometriosis was the only effective treatment for the thrombocytopenia. The pathogenic connection between both disorders seems to be an altered immune function.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endometriosis / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / complications
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / etiology*