Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura with Intracranial Haemorrhage and Menorrhagia
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Sousa FC, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223028 Description An 81-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of intense and active subconjunctival haemorrhage, eyelid ecchymosis and proptosis of the right eye (optic disc, OD) with 1 hour of evolution (figure 1). The patient indicated no related pain, headache or recent head trauma. He referred to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1015-0870
DOI: 10.3329/jbcps.v35i2.33372