Stefanie Huber

Abstract Parvovirus B19 (PVB19) infection is a recognized cause of transient bone marrow suppression and pure red cell aplasia; however, pancytopenia with hypocellular marrow and multilineage dysplasia is uncommon in children and poses a diagnostic challenge. We report the case of a previously healthy 7-year-old girl who presented with pancytopenia during acute PVB19 infection, confirmed by high viral loads in peripheral blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and bone marrow.

A 12-year-old patient was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia. Following an inadequate response to corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin and romiplostim, treatment was switched to eltrombopag, which led to stabilization of platelet counts.

Keywords Athletes Arterial Stiffness Blood Pressure 1 Introduction Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) can begin developing as early as the first decade of life, with key risk factors already present during childhood.1,2 Among these, elevated blood pressure (BP) is a major contributor to the development of CVD and is associated with increased risk of target organ damage and metabolic disorders such as diabetes later in life.3,4 One important early marker of cardiovascular risk is arterial...