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Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) in Zimbabwe
1University of Zimbabwe, Medical School, Department of Haematology, Harare.
80 patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) seen in Zimbabwe between January 1980 and December 1987 are presented. There was a female preponderance (male to female ratio of 1:1,9); and the mean age +/- s.d. was 18.1 +/- 14.5 (range 0.5 to 59) years. Seventy nine per cent of the acute AITP patients presented within the first decade of life; whilst 25% and 75% of the chronic AITP cases were seen below and above ten years respectively. Epistaxis was the commonest form of presentation; occurring in 70% of all cases. Platelet counts considered to be in the potentially dangerous level i.e. less than 40-50 X 10(9)/l were respectively found in 92% and 82% of the acute and chronic cases. The disease is not rare in Zimbabwe and presents with a picture identical with that previously described in Caucasian and other African populations.
80 patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) seen in Zimbabwe between January 1980 and December 1987 are presented. There was a female preponderance (male to female ratio of 1:1,9); and the mean age +/- s.d. was 18.1 +/- 14.5 (range 0.5 to 59) years. Seventy nine per cent of the acute AITP patients presented within the first decade of life; whilst 25% and 75% of the chronic AITP cases were seen below and above ten years respectively. Epistaxis was the commonest form of presentation; occurring in 70% of all cases. Platelet counts considered to be in the potentially dangerous level i.e. less than 40-50 X 10(9)/l were respectively found in 92% and 82% of the acute and chronic cases. The disease is not rare in Zimbabwe and presents with a picture identical with that previously described in Caucasian and other African populations.