The wandering spleen: an unusual case of thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia is a common laboratory finding in current medical practices. The workup of thrombocytopenia can be challenging with numerous causes that can be included in the differential diagnosis. Thrombocytopenia can be due to bone marrow hypoproliferation, peripheral destruction, or sequestrat...

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Autores principales: Mirkes, Curtis, Nguyen, George, Cable, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22287875
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S24168
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description Thrombocytopenia is a common laboratory finding in current medical practices. The workup of thrombocytopenia can be challenging with numerous causes that can be included in the differential diagnosis. Thrombocytopenia can be due to bone marrow hypoproliferation, peripheral destruction, or sequestration. This paper presents a case of isolated thrombocytopenia in a young female and discusses the causes of thrombocytopenia.
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spelling pubmed-32623462012-01-27 The wandering spleen: an unusual case of thrombocytopenia Mirkes, Curtis Nguyen, George Cable, Christian J Blood Med Case Report Thrombocytopenia is a common laboratory finding in current medical practices. The workup of thrombocytopenia can be challenging with numerous causes that can be included in the differential diagnosis. Thrombocytopenia can be due to bone marrow hypoproliferation, peripheral destruction, or sequestration. This paper presents a case of isolated thrombocytopenia in a young female and discusses the causes of thrombocytopenia. Dove Medical Press 2011-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3262346/ /pubmed/22287875 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S24168 Text en © 2011 Mirkes et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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