Patient presentation of isolated thrombocytopenia usually post upper respiratory tract infection is classic. No further investigations are necessary.
A 5 year old male child presents to the Emergency Department with his foster father. The child had a recent upper respiratory tract infection 18 days ago and now has a 2 day history of bruising. The child has not had nose 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 is normal. 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 7.2 x109/L (Normal range: 6-14 10E9/L)
Hemoglobin 110 g/L (Normal range: 100-150 g/L)
Platelets 2 x 109/L. (Normal range: 150-400 10E9/L)
INR 1.1 (Normal range: 0.9-1.1)
PTT 36 seconds. (Normal range: 27.0-37.0 seconds)
Patient presentation of isolated thrombocytopenia usually post upper respiratory tract infection is classic. No further investigations are necessary.
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