Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

Platelet clumping is a common laboratory phenomenon that complicates or precludes reporting of platelet count. It is often, but not always, a phenomenon commonly caused by the anticoagulant EDTA. Herein, we discuss a case of a 14-year-old girl who was found to have platelet clumping and discuss the...

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Autores principales: Tan, Geok Chin, Stalling, Melissa, Dennis, Gretchen, Nunez, Maria, Kahwash, Samir B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5164902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28044112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3036476
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Nunez, Maria
Kahwash, Samir B.
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description Platelet clumping is a common laboratory phenomenon that complicates or precludes reporting of platelet count. It is often, but not always, a phenomenon commonly caused by the anticoagulant EDTA. Herein, we discuss a case of a 14-year-old girl who was found to have platelet clumping and discuss the work-up she underwent to investigate her pseudothrombocytopenia.
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spelling pubmed-51649022017-01-02 Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature Tan, Geok Chin Stalling, Melissa Dennis, Gretchen Nunez, Maria Kahwash, Samir B. Case Rep Hematol Case Report Platelet clumping is a common laboratory phenomenon that complicates or precludes reporting of platelet count. It is often, but not always, a phenomenon commonly caused by the anticoagulant EDTA. Herein, we discuss a case of a 14-year-old girl who was found to have platelet clumping and discuss the work-up she underwent to investigate her pseudothrombocytopenia. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5164902/ /pubmed/28044112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3036476 Text en Copyright © 2016 Geok Chin Tan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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