EDTA-Dependent Pseudothrombocytopenia in an Elderly Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report
GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.26, sa.4, ss.204-205, 2015 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.12996/gmj.2015.62
- Dergi Adı: GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.204-205
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia (EDTA-PTCP) is a phenomenon caused by EDTA-dependent anti-platelet antibody. It is necessary for clinicians to consider the possible presence of PTCP in cases of patients having low platelet counts without any hemorrhagic tendency. We here present a EDTA-dependent pseudothromboctyopenia case which might be associated with rheumatoid arthritis and/or the medications such as sulfasalazine, leflunomide and methylprednisolone. As a conclusion pseudothrombocytopenia should be excluded in all thrombocytopenic patients without any hemorrhagic tendency by manual peripheric smear to avoid unnecessary diagnostic tests and wrong treatments.