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-related disease, a rare autosomal dominant platelet disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia, giant platelets, and leukocyte inclusion bodies, may mimic immune thrombocytopenia in children unless suspected and carefully excluded. Here, we present a case involving a three-year-old girl with mild bleeding symptoms since infancy, previously diagnosed with chronic immune thrombocytopenia. The patient exhibited isolated thrombocytopenia and lacked any family history of thrombocytopenia, hearing impairment, or renal failure. Examination of peripheral blood smears via light microscopy revealed significant platelet macrocytosis with giant platelets and basophilic Döhle-like bodies in the neutrophils. Subsequent sequencing analysis of gene identified a p.Ala44Pro mutation. Throughout a six-year follow-up period, the patient's condition remained stable. Our report underscores the significance of identifying leukocyte inclusion bodies in peripheral blood smears and considering -related diseases, even in instances of chronic macrothrombocytopenia devoid of familial history or non-hematological manifestations.
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Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
August 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Unlabelled: Piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ) is known to cause cytopenia but case reports on PTZ causing combined haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia are scarce. We report on a 56-year-old male who developed severe, immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and anaemia during two treatment episodes with PTZ. After the first exposure, his blood count rapidly returned to normal after discontinuation of PTZ.
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Respiratory Department, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Unlabelled: B-cell lymphomas are highly aggressive forms of lymphoma that commonly present with lymphadenopathy, systemic "B" symptoms, or organ involvement making them easy to recognize; however, a small percentage of B-cell lymphomas can present without any typical symptoms or evidence of lymphadenopathy, resulting in delayed recognition and management. Isolated thrombocytopenia without anaemia or leukopenia is an unusual presentation of B cell lymphomas and may be misdiagnosed as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Given the rarity of this presentation, we wish to report a case of a 76-year-old female who presented with palpitations, shortness of breath, and recurrent chest infections.
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August 2025
Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell-processing, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Several reports have been published on autoimmune hematologic complications, including immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), after cord blood transplantation (CBT). However, there have been no reports of late-onset ITP following CBT. A 51-year-old male with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia received unrelated CBT in 2012.
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September 2025
Internal Medicine, NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, Mineola, USA.
Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DITP) is a rare but life-threatening condition characterized by a sudden and serious drop in the number of platelets from drug-dependent antibodies against platelet glycoproteins. We report the case of a 57-year-old man who developed severe thrombocytopenia and mucocutaneous bleeding following a short course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for presumed tick-borne disease. The patient experienced bleeding gums, pinpoint rashes, bruising, and extreme fatigue.
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Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Batman Training and Research Hospital, Batman, Türkiye.
Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection transmitted to humans by ingestion of contaminated unpasteurized dairy products or via direct or indirect contact with infected animals. It is characterized by nonspecific symptoms like fever and joint pain, and laboratory findings including anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, or rarely pancytopenia. Here we report a case of brucellosis with thrombocytopenia that did not improve despite anti-brucella treatment and required intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.
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