Co-existent Platelet Phagocytosis, Satellitism and Clumping Causing Spurious Thrombocytopenia

Autor:	Navneet Kumar, Manmeet Kaur, Preethi Anni Mercy Paul, Naveen Kakkar
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Hematology Thrombocytosis business.industry Phagocytosis Case Report medicine.disease Clinical Practice Hematology analyzer hemic and lymphatic diseases Internal medicine Immunology medicine Platelet Spurious relationship business
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion. 29:158-160
ISSN:	0974-0449 0971-4502
DOI:	10.1007/s12288-012-0160-0
Popis:	Manual platelet counts have a high coefficient of variability. Increasing use of automated hematology analyzers for blood cell counts has increased the reproducibility and accuracy of platelet counts. In general, thrombocytopenia is more alarming in clinical practice than thrombocytosis. However, at times, artefactual thrombocytopenia may mislead the clinician into unnecessary investigations or management. We present a patient with three platelet-related artefacts leading to spurious thrombocytopenia.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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