Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug

Thrombocytopenia is a rare immune-mediated hematologic complication of amiodarone. We describe a case of delayed-onset amiodarone-induced thrombocytopenia in a 72-year-old male and highlight the process of working it up. A timely diagnosis of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia is crucial in order...

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Autores principales: Chhatrala, Hardik, Ghetiya, Shreya, Chahin, Michael, Zuberi, Lara, Quan, Walter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8018487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824822
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13671
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author Chhatrala, Hardik
Ghetiya, Shreya
Chahin, Michael
Zuberi, Lara
Quan, Walter
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description Thrombocytopenia is a rare immune-mediated hematologic complication of amiodarone. We describe a case of delayed-onset amiodarone-induced thrombocytopenia in a 72-year-old male and highlight the process of working it up. A timely diagnosis of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia is crucial in order to minimize unnecessary testing, avoid treatments with potential harm, and prevent life-threatening hemorrhagic complications.
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spelling pubmed-80184872021-04-05 Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug Chhatrala, Hardik Ghetiya, Shreya Chahin, Michael Zuberi, Lara Quan, Walter Cureus Cardiology Thrombocytopenia is a rare immune-mediated hematologic complication of amiodarone. We describe a case of delayed-onset amiodarone-induced thrombocytopenia in a 72-year-old male and highlight the process of working it up. A timely diagnosis of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia is crucial in order to minimize unnecessary testing, avoid treatments with potential harm, and prevent life-threatening hemorrhagic complications. Cureus 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8018487/ /pubmed/33824822 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13671 Text en Copyright © 2021, Chhatrala et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chhatrala, Hardik
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Chahin, Michael
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Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug
title Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug
title_full Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug
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title_full_unstemmed Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug
title_short Amiodarone-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Hematologic Side Effect of a Common Cardiac Drug
title_sort amiodarone-induced immune thrombocytopenia: a rare hematologic side effect of a common cardiac drug
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8018487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824822
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13671
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