@article{article_304238, title={Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Secondary to Varicella Zoster Infection: A Case Report}, journal={The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University}, volume={8}, pages={29–33}, year={2017}, DOI={10.17944/mkutfd.304238}, author={Yıldız, Yasin and Özkasap, Serdar and Calaboğlu, Tuğba and Karadeniz, Elif and Çakmak, Semiha and Hocoğlu, Zeynep}, keywords={Varicella Zoster,İmmün Trombositopenik Purpura,intravenöz immünoglobulin}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Varicella zoster 
infection  is usually considered
to be benign despite of serious complications.  </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> is usually
a self-limiting disorder in children. ITP is an autoimmune disorder in which
antibody-coated or immune complex–coated platelets are destroyed prematurely by
the reticuloendothelial system, resulting in peripheral thrombocytopenia.  In primary ITP the thrombocytopenia is
isolated, whereas in secondary ITP the condition is associated with other
disorders (e.g. Systemic Lupus Erythematous, HIV, VZV). We describe a case
of  </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">immune Thrombocytopenic
Purpura </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> secondary to varicella infection in a previously
healthy 7-y-old boy. He was treated successfully with </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={32}, publisher={Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi}