Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2017
A 28-year-old woman complains of skin hemorrhages after minor traumas and spontaneous appearance of hemorrhages on the front of her torso and extremities. On examination: the skin is variegated (old and new hemorrhages), bleeding gums. Blood platelets - 20 × 109/l; in the bone marrow there is increased number of megakaryocytes and no platelet production. Treatment with steroid hormones was effective. What disease is it?
Answer options
- Acute vascular purpura
- Hemophilia
- Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia)
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Correct answer
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
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