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The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
The association between octreotide and thrombocytopenia has been documented in the literature but it remains a rare finding. We are reporting a 59-year-old female patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis who presented with the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding secondary to esophageal varices. Init...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9981475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36874323 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34590 |
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author | Abu-Abaa, Mohammad Jumaah, Omar Chadalawada, Sindhu Kananeh, Salman Gugnani, Manish |
author_facet | Abu-Abaa, Mohammad Jumaah, Omar Chadalawada, Sindhu Kananeh, Salman Gugnani, Manish |
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description | The association between octreotide and thrombocytopenia has been documented in the literature but it remains a rare finding. We are reporting a 59-year-old female patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis who presented with the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding secondary to esophageal varices. Initial management involved fluid and blood products resuscitation and initiation of both octreotide and pantoprazole infusion. However, the abrupt onset of severe thrombocytopenia was evident within a few hours of admission. Platelet transfusion and discontinuation of pantoprazole infusion failed to correct the abnormality prompting the holding off of octreotide. However, this also failed to control the decline in platelet count and prompted intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). This case helps to remind clinicians to closely monitor platelet count once octreotide is initiated. This allows early detection of the rare entity of octreotide-induced thrombocytopenia, which can be life-threatening with extremely low platelet count nadir. |
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spelling | pubmed-99814752023-03-04 The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report Abu-Abaa, Mohammad Jumaah, Omar Chadalawada, Sindhu Kananeh, Salman Gugnani, Manish Cureus Gastroenterology The association between octreotide and thrombocytopenia has been documented in the literature but it remains a rare finding. We are reporting a 59-year-old female patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis who presented with the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding secondary to esophageal varices. Initial management involved fluid and blood products resuscitation and initiation of both octreotide and pantoprazole infusion. However, the abrupt onset of severe thrombocytopenia was evident within a few hours of admission. Platelet transfusion and discontinuation of pantoprazole infusion failed to correct the abnormality prompting the holding off of octreotide. However, this also failed to control the decline in platelet count and prompted intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). This case helps to remind clinicians to closely monitor platelet count once octreotide is initiated. This allows early detection of the rare entity of octreotide-induced thrombocytopenia, which can be life-threatening with extremely low platelet count nadir. Cureus 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9981475/ /pubmed/36874323 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34590 Text en Copyright © 2023, Abu-Abaa et al. https://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. |
spellingShingle | Gastroenterology Abu-Abaa, Mohammad Jumaah, Omar Chadalawada, Sindhu Kananeh, Salman Gugnani, Manish The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report |
title | The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report |
title_full | The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report |
title_short | The Clinical Challenge of Refractory Octreotide-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Active Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report |
title_sort | clinical challenge of refractory octreotide-induced thrombocytopenia in active gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report |
topic | Gastroenterology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9981475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36874323 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34590 |
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