Immune Thrombocytopenia in an Adolescent with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis – Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: In childhood, thrombocytopenia caused by transient antibody-mediated thrombocyte destruction is most frequently diagnosed as immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We report the case of a girl with ITP associated with autoimmune thyroiditis.

Keywords

• autoimmune diseases
• autoimmune thyroiditis
• immune thrombocytopenia