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Thrombocytopenia in the Course of COVID-19 Infection
- Source :
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SMC Media, 2020.
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Abstract
- We report three cases of severe thrombocytopenia during COVID-19 infection associated with either cutaneous purpura or mucosal bleeding. The initial investigations ruled out other causes of thrombocytopenia. Two of the patients were treated with intravenous immunoglobulins and eltrombopag, while the third recovered spontaneously. A good clinical and biological response was achieved in all patients leading to hospital discharge. LEARNING POINTS Immune thrombocytopenia should be considered in COVID-19-infected patients presenting with thrombocytopenia. Coronavirus-related thrombocytopenia can be severe and life-threatening. Despite the severity of coronavirus-related immune thrombocytopenia, recovery may be spontaneous or achieved following immunoglobulin or platelet growth factor administration.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
immunoglobulins
Eltrombopag
lcsh:Medicine
thrombocytopenia
Gastroenterology
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Internal medicine
Internal Medicine
medicine
Platelet
Mucosal bleeding
biology
business.industry
lcsh:R
COVID-19
Articles
Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe thrombocytopenia
Purpura
030104 developmental biology
immune thrombocytopenia
chemistry
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
biology.protein
medicine.symptom
Antibody
eltrombopag
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22842594
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1c28965e41934aa648aefa41972bbd83