A case of immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to endometriosis causing a pelvic haematoma

Chipwete S, Saliya Chipwete, Saliya Ellen Chipwete, Yogesh Jethava, Janice Rymer, Rymer J
BMJ case reports · 2011 · vol. 2011 , pp. bcr0920103329 · doi:10.1136/bcr.09.2010.3329 · PMID:22714615 · PMC3062346 · W2111074895
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A 51-year-old woman with endometriosis developed severe immune thrombocytopenic purpura and a pelvic hematoma, along with ureteral obstruction and renal failure, which resolved with immunoglobulin and steroid treatment.

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Abstract

The authors present a case of a 51-year-old woman with endometriosis who developed immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Her platelets dropped to 2×10(9)/l, and she had haemorrhage into her right endometrioma causing a large pelvic haematoma. She also had renal failure secondary to endometriosis compressing the right ureter. She was treated with immunoglobulin and steroids with subsequent recovery of platelet count and underwent ureteric stenting to prevent worsening renal function.

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endometriosisendometrioma

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Hematoma Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Hematoma Hematoma Humans Humans Middle Aged Middle Aged Pelvis Pelvis Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic

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