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15333667

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
The case of a 52 year old woman with chronic severe refractory thrombocytopenia is presented. Over a three year period, her platelet count was persistently less than 20 x 10(9)/litre (normal range, 150-400). She required repeated hospital admission for management of bleeding and received multiple blood transfusions. She was given repeated courses of steroids, immunosuppression, immunoglobulin, and splenectomy, without success, in an attempt to stop the chronic blood loss. Eventually, she was found to be profoundly hypothyroid. On correction of her thyroid deficiency the platelet count returned to the normal range and all bleeding stopped. The platelet count remains in the normal range three years later.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9746
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
995-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Resolution of chronic severe refractory thrombocytopenia after treatment of hypothyroidism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Haematology, Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Trust, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UY, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports