What is immune thrombocytopenia?

➢ Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), also known more recently, as immune thrombocytopenia. ➢ The secondary causes (usually 5-10% of suspected ITP cases) should be excluded. ➢ Secondary causes could be leukemia, medications (e.g., quinine, heparin), lupus erythematosus, and cirrhosis, HIV, hepatitis C, congenital causes, antiphospholipid syndrome, von Willebrand factor deficiency and others. ➢ If the exact cause of this condition isn't known, it's called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura