1 Department of Pediatrics
2 Department of Hematology, The Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn and New York State University, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura in association with the unusual finding of a transient hypoplastic anemia is reported. The hematologic abnormalities completely disappeared despite the persistence of rubella virus to age 7 months. The influence of concurrent steroid administration cannot be evaluated.