THROMBOPENIC PURPURA ASSOCIATED WITH CATARRHAL JAUNDICE: REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: Howard L. Alt, Roy L. Swank
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Case Reports1 January 1937THROMBOPENIC PURPURA ASSOCIATED WITH CATARRHAL JAUNDICE: REPORT OF A CASEHOWARD L. ALT, M.D., ROY L. SWANK, M.D.HOWARD L. ALT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROY L. SWANK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-7-1049 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA patient has been observed in whom an acute thrombopenic purpura occurred simultaneously with an acute catarrhal jaundice. The case is reported because of its uniqueness † and because of some of the theoretical implications involved.CASE REPORTA. O., a single, male medical student, aged 24, entered the Passavant Memorial Hospital on November 3, 1934, complaining of malaise, epistaxis and jaundice.History:The family history and past history were irrelevant. The present illness began October 1, 1934, when the patient contracted an upper respiratory infection. Following this, he felt below par. On October 30, he had loss of appetite,...Bibliography1. BAUER R: Über alimentäre Galaktosurie bei Ikterus, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1908, xxxiv, 1505-1507. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WÖRNER H: Die praktische Bedeutung der Galaktosprobe, Med. Klin., 1919, xv, 1142-1143. Google Scholar3. SHAYSCHLOSSRODIS HEMI: II. The galactose tolerance test in the differential diagnosis of jaundice, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlvii, 650-659. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. TUMENPIERSOL HJGM: The value of alimentary galactosuria in the diagnosis of jaundice, ANN. INT. MED., 1933, vii, 311-329. Google Scholar5. SCHIFFSENIOR LFA: A study of one hundred cases of jaundice, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 1924-1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. JOLLIFFE N: Liver function in catarrhal jaundice, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 640-645. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. LOEPERDÉSEZE MS: Le purpura d'alarme dans le cancer secondaire du foie, Progres med., 1930, No. 7, 282-287. Google Scholar8. WILLEBRAND EA: Hepatogen hemorragisk Diates, Finska. lak.-sällsk. handl., 1933, lxxv, 829-845. Google Scholar9. ABRAMI P: Le purpura des hepatiques, Ann. de med., 1935, xxxvii, 71-79. Google Scholar10. JONESMINOT CMGR: Infectious (catarrhal) jaundice. Attempts to establish clinical entity; observations on the excretion and retention of the bile pigments and on the blood, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1923, clxxxix, 531-551. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. WEILBOCAGEISCH-WALL PE: La diminution des hématoblastes dans les affections hepatiques, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1922, lxxxvii, 143-144. Google Scholar12. KING RB: The blood picture in portal cirrhosis of the liver, a report based on 100 cases, New England Jr. Med., 1929, cc, 482-484. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. FELLINGERKLIMA KR: Lebercirrhose und Anämien, Ztschr. f. klin. Med., 1934, cxxvi, 547-567. Google Scholar14. PEPPERFARLEY OHDL: Practical hematologic diagnosis, 1933, Saunders and Co., Philadelphia, p. 360. Google Scholar15. WEISS S: Diseases of the liver, 1935, Paul B. Hoeber, New York, p. 185. Google Scholar16. HIGGINSSTASNEY GMJ: The peripheral blood in experimental cirrhosis of the liver, Folia haemat., 1936, liv, 129-144. Google Scholar17. THEWLISMIDDLETON EWS: The leukocytic picture in catarrhal jaundice (cholangitis), Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1925, clxix, 59-68. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. MASINA N: Das Blutbild bei Leberzirrhose mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Monozytengranulation, Folia haemat., 1932, xlvi, 335-345. Google Scholar19. WINTROBE MM: Relation of disease of the liver to anemia. Type of anemia, response to treatment, and relation of type of anemia to histopathologic changes in liver, spleen and bone marrow, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lvii, 289-306. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication August 17, 1936.From the Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School.†No similar case report could be found in the literature. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInhibition of human hemopoiesis by non-A, non-B hepatitis virusHemostatic Mechanisms in Liver Disease*Hematologic aspects of acute viral hepatitisThrombocytopenic PurpuraThe bleeding tendency in diseases of the liver and biliary passages1Literaturverzeichnis 1 January 1937Volume 10, Issue 7Page: 1049-1054KeywordsUpper respiratory tract infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...