W Scheurlen1, K Ramasubbu, O Wachowski, A Hemauer, S Modrow. 1. Universitäts-Kinderklinik Mannheim, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany. w.scheurlen@kikli.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We report an 11-year-old boy presenting with splenomegaly, chronic thrombocytopenia and concordant neutropenia. RESULTS: In contrast to autoantibodies against platelets, there were no detectable neutrophil-specific autoantibodies present in this patient. Extensive serologic investigations revealed increased IgM- and IgG-antibody titers against parvovirus B19. A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed parvovirus B19-specific sequences in the patient's bone-marrow cells but not in the serum. Specific antibodies against the structural proteins VP1 and VP2 in addition to those against non-structural protein NS1 of parvovirus B19 were detected by Western blot analysis. Thrombocytopenia and neutropenia responded to immunosuppressive therapy and subsequent splenectomy, the latter being necessary due to severe side-effects of steroid medication. CONCLUSION: Autoimmune thrombocytopenia/neutropenia may have been triggered and/or sustained by a chronic parvovirus B19 infection. Patients with this very rare disorder should be screened for this virus.
OBJECTIVE: We report an 11-year-old boy presenting with splenomegaly, chronic thrombocytopenia and concordant neutropenia. RESULTS: In contrast to autoantibodies against platelets, there were no detectable neutrophil-specific autoantibodies present in this patient. Extensive serologic investigations revealed increased IgM- and IgG-antibody titers against parvovirus B19. A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed parvovirus B19-specific sequences in the patient's bone-marrow cells but not in the serum. Specific antibodies against the structural proteins VP1 and VP2 in addition to those against non-structural protein NS1 of parvovirus B19 were detected by Western blot analysis. Thrombocytopenia and neutropenia responded to immunosuppressive therapy and subsequent splenectomy, the latter being necessary due to severe side-effects of steroid medication. CONCLUSION:Autoimmune thrombocytopenia/neutropenia may have been triggered and/or sustained by a chronic parvovirus B19 infection. Patients with this very rare disorder should be screened for this virus.
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