Case(year)
Sex
Age at diagnosis
of CD (years)
Age at diagnosis
of ITP (years)
CD prior
to ITP
Response to glucocorticoids
Successful treatment of ITP
References
1(1983)
F
18
9
-
+
glucocorticoids
[26]
2(1986)
F
37
65
+
+
glucocorticoids, splenectomy
[27]
3(1996)
M
54
54
-
+
glucocorticoid
[25]
4(1997)
M
43
43
Sim
+
glucocorticoid
[24]
5(1998)
F
22
22
Sim
+
glucocorticoid
[28]
6(1998)
F
19
19
Sim
-
[29]
7(2000)
F
8
17
+
-
IVIG
[22]
8(2001)
M
12
14
+
-
IVIG
[30]
9(2001)
M
2
2
+
+
glucocorticoids
[30]
10(2001)
F
11
5
-
-
splenectomy
[30]
11(2003)
F
25
25
Sim
-
Rituximab
[31]
12(2005)
M
5
3
-
transient
splenectomy
[32]
13(2006)
M
5
5
Sim
+
glucocorticoids, IVIG
[33]
14(2006)
M
44
44
Sim
+
glucocorticoids, IVIG
[23]
15(2007)
F
69
69
+
-
Infliximab
[21]
16(2008)
M
28
38
+
?
Infliximab
[34]
17(2013)
M
57
57
Sim
+
glucocorticoids
[35]
CD: Crohn’sDisease; ITP: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura; F: Female; M: Male; Sim: Simultaneous
Table 1:
Characteristics of 17 Patients with Comorbid Crohn’s Disease and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
