Octreotide-induced thrombocytopenia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Thrombocytopenia is an extremely rare complication of octreotide therapy and can be life threatening in the setting of esophageal variceal bleeding. We report a case of octreotide-induced reversible thrombocytopenia in a 54-year-old Caucasian man with alcohol-induced cirrhosis and uppe...

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Autores principales: Rashidi, Armin, Rizvi, Nahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21729263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-286

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21729263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-286

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