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IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT
We report a 28-year-old Asian male patient, known for ITP and in partial remission for eighteen months, who presented to emergency department with ITP relapse (platelets count of 1 × 10^3 /uL), four days after receiving the second dose of Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, which required treatment with intr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572575/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.1046 |
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description | We report a 28-year-old Asian male patient, known for ITP and in partial remission for eighteen months, who presented to emergency department with ITP relapse (platelets count of 1 × 10^3 /uL), four days after receiving the second dose of Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, which required treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins and dexamethasone, we discuss as well the likely underlying pathophysiology and the suggested approach in patients known for ITP who are willing to receive mRNA COVID vaccines. |
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spelling | pubmed-85725752021-11-08 IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT Qasim, Hana Hematol Transfus Cell Ther PLATELET DISEASES We report a 28-year-old Asian male patient, known for ITP and in partial remission for eighteen months, who presented to emergency department with ITP relapse (platelets count of 1 × 10^3 /uL), four days after receiving the second dose of Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, which required treatment with intravenous immunoglobulins and dexamethasone, we discuss as well the likely underlying pathophysiology and the suggested approach in patients known for ITP who are willing to receive mRNA COVID vaccines. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. 2021-11 2021-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8572575/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.1046 Text en Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | PLATELET DISEASES Qasim, Hana IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT |
title | IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT |
title_full | IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT |
title_fullStr | IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT |
title_full_unstemmed | IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT |
title_short | IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA RELAPSE POST COVID-19 VACCINE IN YOUNG MALE PATIENT |
title_sort | immune thrombocytopenia relapse post covid-19 vaccine in young male patient |
topic | PLATELET DISEASES |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572575/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.1046 |
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