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Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Published: Feb 28, 2021 | Pages: 98 - 101 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report

Authors: Munaza Batool Rizvi , Shivanand S Medar

Authors

Munaza Batool Rizvi

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx NY

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Shivanand S Medar

Attending Physician, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Childrens Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx NY.

Publication History

Received: November 16, 2020

Revised: January 04, 2021

Accepted: February 01, 2021

Published: February 28, 2021

Abstract

Background: Combined autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare disease that can present as extremely low neutrophil count and platelet count, respectively [1]. Case Presentation: We describe the first case, to the authors knowledge, of the novel SARS CoV-2 infection and combined AIN and ITP in a healthy 27-year-old male. Conclusion: Viruses have been known to trigger autoimmune diseases in people with genetic predisposition. We speculate that the patients selective IgM deficiency predisposed him to have autoimmune cytopenia, and SARS-COV-2 triggered him to acquire combined AIN and ITP. Our hypothesis is supported by a lack of evidence of malignancy, a normal morphology on the smear, and an immediate response to IVIG infusion with significant improvement in platelet and neutrophilic count.

Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, IVIG, combined autoimmune neutropenia (AIN), green

Pubmed Style

Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar. Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report. EJMCR. 2021; 28 (February 2021): 98-101. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

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Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar. Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1350 [Access: December 25, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

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Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar. Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report. EJMCR. (2021), [cited December 25, 2024]; 28 (February 2021): 98-101. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

Harvard Style

Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar (2021) Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report. EJMCR, 28 (February 2021): 98-101. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

Chicago Style

Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar. "Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report." 28 (2021), 98-101. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar. "Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report." 28.February 2021 (2021), 98-101. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618

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Munaza Batool Rizvi, Shivanand S Medar (2021) Novel coronavirus disease 2019 and combined autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia: a case report. , 28 (February 2021), 98-101. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1605526618