Article
[Post-transfusion purpura: and cause of severe postoperative thrombopenia].
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation - 1 Jan 1998
Brenet O, Le Rolle T, Chapillon M, Soroko M F, Poirier N, Bidet M L
Abstract excerpt
A 59-year-old woman developed an acute and severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count below 10.10(9).L-1) with active bleeding, 6 days after a massive transfusion for intraoperative haemorrhagic shock. The diagnosis of post-transfusion purpura (PTP) was confirmed by the presence of an allo-antibody directed against HPA-1a platelet antigen. The patient and her daughter had a rare HPA-1b platelet phenotype, but also...
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