Author/Authors :
Tariverdi,Marjan Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Children’s Clinical Research Development Center - Faculty of Medicine - Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran , Mohammadzadeh Esini, Maliheh Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology - Children’s Clinical Research Development Center - Faculty of Medicine - Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran , Pazarkar, Hanie Student Research Committee - Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences - Bandar Abbas, Iran , Naghmehsanj, Zahra Student Research Committee - Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences - Bandar Abbas, Iran , Farahbakhsh, Nazanin Department of Pediatric Pulmonology - Mofid Children’s Hospita - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coron-avirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It may have many undescribed clinical manifestations.
Case Presentation: In this study, we report a 7-year-old male COVID-19 patient with low platelet count who presented with gingival bleeding and ecchymosis and had a good response to corticosteroid therapy.
Conclusions: This case highlights the need to be vigilant for atypical presentations or complications of COVID-19, one of which is SARS-CoV-2-induced immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). It is necessary to pay attention to platelet count in addition to typical clinical features and radiographic findings. On the other hand, viral testing in thrombocytopenic patients should be considered for timely diagnosis of COVID-19 and taking necessary measurements for patient isolation in order to prevent the spread of disease and healthcare workers’ infection during this pandemic.
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Thrombocytopenia , ITP , Coronavirus , SARS-CoV-2
