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Immune Thrombocytopenia Associated with Hepatitis B Virus and Autoimmune Hepatitis and Recovery of Platelet Count following Liver Transplantation.

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Nobuhara, C; Cardona, DM; Arcasoy, MO; Berg, CL; Barbas, AS
Published in: Case Rep Transplant
2021

Immune thrombocytopenia is a consumptive coagulopathy that can be either idiopathic or associated with infectious or autoimmune etiologies. Here, we present a case of immune thrombocytopenia in the setting of acute liver failure due to coexisting diagnoses of hepatitis B virus and autoimmune hepatitis. Our patient underwent orthotopic liver transplantation and recovered hemostatic platelet counts after treatment with romiplostim, a thrombopoietin receptor agonist, 51 days after transplantation. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of immune thrombocytopenia secondary to both hepatitis B virus and autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with acute liver failure.

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Case Rep Transplant

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2090-6943

Publication Date

2021

Volume

2021

Start / End Page

8484106

Location

United States
 

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Nobuhara, C., Cardona, D. M., Arcasoy, M. O., Berg, C. L., & Barbas, A. S. (2021). Immune Thrombocytopenia Associated with Hepatitis B Virus and Autoimmune Hepatitis and Recovery of Platelet Count following Liver Transplantation. Case Rep Transplant, 2021, 8484106. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8484106
Nobuhara, Chloe, Diana M. Cardona, Murat O. Arcasoy, Carl L. Berg, and Andrew S. Barbas. “Immune Thrombocytopenia Associated with Hepatitis B Virus and Autoimmune Hepatitis and Recovery of Platelet Count following Liver Transplantation.Case Rep Transplant 2021 (2021): 8484106. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8484106.
Nobuhara, Chloe, et al. “Immune Thrombocytopenia Associated with Hepatitis B Virus and Autoimmune Hepatitis and Recovery of Platelet Count following Liver Transplantation.Case Rep Transplant, vol. 2021, 2021, p. 8484106. Pubmed, doi:10.1155/2021/8484106.
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Published In

Case Rep Transplant

DOI

ISSN

2090-6943

Publication Date

2021

Volume

2021

Start / End Page

8484106

Location

United States