ITP: hematology's Cosette from Les Miserables.

摘要

If all the ailments covered under hematology were characters in Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables, ITP might rank as someone like Cosette, who is considered by some literary critics as an inconsequential character that adorns the cover while serving as a mere prop for imbibing parental and romantic love with changing fortunes (see figure). After recalling orphaned Cosette's rescue by Jean Valjean from wily innkeeper Thenardier and their tumultuous journey through the course of the novel with its historical backdrop of revolutionary 19th-century France, one should ponder the plight of a patient with ITP today.