Abstract
The association of biliary atresia (BA) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
is extremely rare, with only 2 cases being reported in the literature. This report
describes the very rare case of a 1-year-old boy with BA complicated with ITP after
cholangitis and the successful steroid treatment of ITP. We review the literature
on this type of relationship between BA and ITP and discuss the clinical features
of this complication. Furthermore, the possible cause of the onset of ITP complicated
with BA was explored in this report.
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Publication history
Accepted:
September 29,
2008
Received in revised form:
September 28,
2008
Received:
June 18,
2008
Footnotes
☆This study was not supported by any grants.
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