Multifocal lymphangioendotheliomatosis with thrombocytopenia (MLT)/cutaneovisceral angiomatosis thrombocytopenia, first reported as a new nosological entity in 2004, is an extremely rare vascular pathology of the neonatal period without hereditary nature. This disease has poor prognosis. According to previously published data, this characterized by involvement skin and internal organs pathologi...

Thrombocytopenia is a common hematologic abnormality during pregnancy. It may be a diagnostic and management problem, and has many causes, some of them specific to pregnancy. We considered all singleton deliveries after 24 weeks of gestation between 2007 and 2012 in our third level centre. Women with a platelet count <100 × 109/L, but who did not suffer from the aforementioned diseases, were co...

Treatment of tuberculosis has many side effects. Thrombocytopenia is a serious side effect of such treatment and occurs mostly due to rifampicin (RIF). There are very few reported cases of thrombocytopenia due to isoniazid (INH). An 18-year-old female patient was diagnosed with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis. A four-drug regimen [INH, RIF, ethambutol (EMB), and pyrazinamide (PZA)] was gi...

OBJECTIVES Thrombocytopenia is a frequent problem in neonatal sepsis and is among the most predictive, independent risk factors for sepsis-associated mortality. This study aims to clarify the occurrence, severity and duration of thrombocytopenia in neonatal sepsis. STUDY DESIGN A cohort study was carried out among all neonates with proven culture positive sepsis that were admitted to a tertia...

BACKGROUND Baseline low platelet count (< 150,000/μL) increases the risk of on-treatment severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 50,000/μL) in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) undergoing antiviral therapy, which may interrupt treatment. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for severe thrombocytopenia during treatment for CHC in patients with baseline thrombocytopenia....

OBJECTIVE To describe a rare case of thrombocytopenia secondary to iron deficiency. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 34-year-old woman presented with severe microcytic hypochromic anemia and thrombocytopenia. Her ferritin was 1 ng/dl. A diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytopenia was made and the patient was treated with packed red blood cell transfusion and intravenous i...

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia is a serious disease, in which the mother produces antibodies against fetal platelet antigens inherited from the father; it is still an underdiagnosed disease. This disease is considered the platelet counterpart of the RhD hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, yet in neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia the first child is affected with fetal and/or neo...