Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome : A Case Born from the Mother with ITP, and Diagnosed by Special Laboratory Examinations

Abstract

The patient, reported here, is a male baby born from the mother diagnosed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The baby had petechiae on the face and body, and diagnosed "immune thrombocytopenia" from clinical symptomes and positive anti-platelet antibody. But later we suspected Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) and made certain diagnosis by special laboratory examinations, the measurement of antibody titer to polymerized flagellin from Salmonella adelaide, isohemagglutinin, and SK-SD. DNCB and candida skin test. Transfer factor was used for the treatment of cellular immunodeficiency. We reported the case here because WAS is a rate disease, the patient was born from the mother with ITP, and diagnosed by special laboratory examinations.