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A 5 year old female child presents to the Emergency Department with her mother.  The child had a recent upper respiratory tract infection 20 days ago and now has a 1 day history of bruising. The child has not had gum bleeding. There is no past history of bleeding nor bruising. 

On exam, the child looks well, actively running around the room.  Vitals as listed. 

Head and neck exams are normal.  There are no adventitious breath sounds.  Cardiac exam reveals a grade 2/6 soft vibratory systolic ejection murmur.  The skin exam shows 1 mm diameter, non-blanching, red spots scattered diffusely and small bruises over the arms and legs.  There is no adenopathy, no hepatosplenomegaly and all joints are normal. 

Lab work 

CBC -  WBC 12.0 x109/L (Normal range: 6-14 10E9/L)

Hemoglobin 118 g/L (Normal range: 100-150 g/L)

Platelets 5 x 109/L.  (Normal range: 150-400 10E9/L)

INR 1.2  (Normal range: 0.9-1.1)

PTT 35 seconds. (Normal range: 27.0-37.0 seconds)

What is the most likely etiology of the child’s bruises?

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Authors

Dr. Susan Bannister

Susan.Bannister@ahs.ca

Dr. Marc Zucker

Zucker@cheo.on.ca

Reviewer

Dr. Karen Forbes