Unexpected complication after varicella: Aplastic anemia
PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.50, sa.3, ss.395-396, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2008.02598.x
- Dergi Adı: PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.395-396
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Varicella commonly called chickenpox is a self limited and also highly contagious childhood disease. Varicella has a mortality rate of <2 per 100 000 cases. The mortality rate of untreated primary infection in immunocompromised children is 7-14% and may approach 50% in adults. Hematologic complications are frequently known to occur after a viral infection in many cases. The hematologic complications include anemia, thrornbocytopenia, neutropenia, pancytopenia, and pure red cell aplasia. To the authors' knowledge no case of post-varicella aplastic anemia has been reported in the literature. The purpose of the present paper was to describe the case of a previously healthy 8-year-old girl who then developed aplastic anemia after varicella infection.