A role of colectomy in immune thrombocytopenic purpura associated with ulcerative colitis: a case report and a review of the literature

Int J Colorectal Dis. 2014 Sep;29(9):1179-80. doi: 10.1007/s00384-014-1903-1. Epub 2014 May 13.

Authors

Ayako Negoro¹, Tomoko Takano, Hitoshi Tajiri, Riichiro Nezu, Nohisa Kawamura, Stephen Brooks

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Osaka General Medical Center, 3-1-56 Bandaihigashi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 24820680
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-014-1903-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Colectomy*
Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
Colitis, Ulcerative / surgery*
Female
Humans
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / complications*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / surgery*