Autoimmune thrombocytopenia in response to splenectomy in cirrhotic patients with accompanying hepatitis C

Figure 1 PAIgG titers in the type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen, type C cirrhosis submitted to splenomegaly, and non-C cirrhosis. The type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen had significant higher titers of PAIgG as compared with those of the splenectomized patients with type C cirrhosis and non-C cirrhosis.

Figure 2 Relationships among PAIgG titters, platelet counts, and IgG levels in the type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen. PAIgG titers are negatively correlated with platelet counts, and positively correlated with IgG levels.

Figure 3 Relationship between the spleen index and platelet counts. A significant negative correlation is shown in the patients with non-C cirrhosis, but not in the type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen.